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ANNALS OF

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FOOTBALL CLUB

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PREFACE

There are those who think that athletics in
England have been allowed to run riot, and
that our excessive devotion to games has made
us neglect our duties as citizens and patriots.
To such, it will appear mere pandering to a
depraved taste to produce another book con-
nected with football.

The writer has some sympathy with this

view, although he believes it to be overstated.

He is willing to acknowledge the abuse of

athletics, but he is convinced of their value

when rightly used ; and it is just because, in

■ his opinion, the Corinthians are working in

^ the true interests of sport, that he has pre-

<si*r sumed to collect a few facts about their history.

\ The Corinthian Football Club has now been

^ in existence twenty-five years. The mere fact

-. of having existed for a quarter of a century is

W not in itself sufficient to warrant an excursion

into print, although, to judge by the constant

appearance of biographies of more or less un-

vi PREFACE

distinguished people, this view is by no means
universally accepted.

There are, however, some special considera-
tions to be urged in connection with the
Corinthians which appear to the writer to
warrant some record of their doings.

In the first place, it may be claimed for
them that they are, to use a well-worn phrase,
11 Missionaries of Empire." It is true that
their labours in this respect have been for the
most part indirect, and that they have not
been called upon to undergo the hardships
and disappointments generally associated with
missionary work. But none the less the Club
has played no inconsiderable part in helping to
bring the Colonies and the Mother Country
closer together. There is no tie like that of
sport, and the friendly rivalry and good fellow-
ship which the colonial tours of the Club have
engendered cannot but have done good.

Nor have their efforts in this respect been
confined to the Colonies. The Corinthians
were one of the first English football clubs to
visit the Continent, and their frequent tours,
of which some account will be found in the
book, have done much to popularise the

PREFACE vii

British idea of true sportsmanship, and to
break down that insular prejudice which we
both acknowledge and deplore. It is un-
necessary to recount the many great advan-
tages that those of us who have been fortunate
enough to participate in these tours have
derived from the social intercourse with sports-
men of different nations.

And it should be added that these tours
are entirely free from any financial objects.
Expenses are guaranteed, and beyond that
not a penny goes into the coffers of the Club.

The Club, too, is always ready to aid chari-
table objects, although it is not suggested that
it claims a monopoly in this respect.

A further characteristic may be mentioned.
The Corinthians have, from the first, set their
faces against "pot-hunting" ; with the one ex-
ception of the Sheriff of London's Charity
Shield, the Club is not allowed by its rules to
enter for any competition.

Now, in these days of cups and medals,
when " friendly" matches have ceased to be
taken seriously, and the one aim of a club, in
so many cases, is to be at the head of a league
or the winner of a cup, this "self-denying

viii PREFACE

ordinance" on the part of the Corinthians
should act as a valuable protest against the
growing tendency to play the game only for
the prizes it will bring.

At the end of the book will be found some
hints on the game by well-known players.
These, it is hoped, may prove of use to young
players and to our friends abroad who have
recently taken to the game.

The Corinthians, it is admitted, have deve-
loped a game of their own, and at their best
can quite hold their own with the pick of our
professional clubs, in spite of the greater
opportunities which the latter have of playing
together. The game, therefore, would appear
to be worth encouraging, and if these hints
should help in some small way to keep the
game alive, the aims of the writers will be
amply fulfilled.

It only remains to crave indulgence for the
shortcomings of the book, and to thank all
those who have so kindly contributed to its
pages. To Mr. Stanton, of the Sportsman, I
am indebted for much information, as also
to many members of the Club and others for
photographs.

CONTENTS

PAGB

Story of the Corinthians i

Character Sketches 31

Foreign Tours—

South Africa, 1897 57

South Africa, 1903 66

Hungarian, 1904 85

Scandinavian, 1904 101

Germany and Holland, 1906 in

Canada and the United States, 1906 . .118

The Sheriff of London Shield Competition . 155

Hints on the Game—

Goalkeeping (By T. S. Rowlandson) . .181

Full-Back Play (By L. V. Lodge) .... 184

How to Play Half-Back (By B. Middleditch) . . 190

Half-Back Play (By M. Morgan-Owen) ... 199

Forward Play (By G. O. Smith) .... 204

Forward Play (By S. S. Harris) .... 209

Wing Play (By B. O. Corbett) 213

Results of Matches Played 221

List of Members and Internationalists . 246

ix

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Tsam in Canada and the United States,

1906 . Frontispiece

Christmas Tour, 1896-97 . To face page 3

New Hampden Park, Glasgow „ 14

Corinthians v. Queen's Park, 1901 \
Corinthians v. Queen's Park, 1901 : > n 21

The Team J

Corinthians v. Queen's Park, 1902 \

Corinthians v. Stoke, 1904 ) ' n 2

W. N. Cobbold \

G. H. COTTERILL / t% 3S

R. C. Gosling ^

G. O. Smith J " 37

G. C. Vassall \

TlNSLEY LlNDLEY / " 39

R. E. Foster \

A. M. Walters / " 42

N. C. Bailey

W. R. Moon

W. J. Oakley

P. M. Walters

G. Brann

S. H. Day , 6

C. Wreford-Brown f • • • • »

E. C. Bambridge

xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A. G. Henfrsy \

H. VlCKBRS J

South Africa, 1897 .
At Madeira
On Deck

Down a Kimberley Mine
Native Warriors
South Africa, 1903 .
Cricket, Johannesburg
After Hard Grounds

5 A.M.

Deck Games
At Budapest
Corinthians in Budapest

Mr. Alfred BrOhl
Terrace of Palace, Budapest
At Magyar Athletikai Club,

Budapest
Changing the Guard, Vienna )

A Corinthian Team v. A French

Team, Paris, 1904
Castle at Karlstejn
Trollhatten Falls
Yacht Club, Stockholm
Canal in Gothenburg
Swedish Caddie
Corinthian Team in Stockholm, \

1904
In Stockholm J

Idling : Lake Wener
A Swedish Lake

Pavilion : Edrotts Park, Stockholm
Returning from a Sail : Stockholm

To face fag*

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55

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92

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101

104
108

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii

Corinthians v. Holland, 1906 \
On Trek, South Africa, 1903 J
Corinthians v. All Philadelphia
Half-time: Chicago
Moving Railings: The Crowd to

the Rescue
W. U. Timmis, b. Newball, 23: v.

Philadelphians
Manheim Club, Philadelphia
A Game of Bowls : Seaforth
C. Wreford-Brown and S. H. Day
On the River
Merion Club, Philadelphia

Corinthians v. Hamilton : A Rough

Ground
View of Prague : Hungarian Tour,

1904

Crystal Palace Ground
R. E. Foster, C. B. Fry, and G. O.
Smith

Corinthians v. Sheffield Wednes-
day, April 24, 1905

Corinthians v. Aston Villa, March 2,
1 901

Corinthians v. Bury, March 5, 1904
L. V. Lodge \

T. S. Rowlandson J
M. Morgan-Owen
S. S. Harris

B. MlDDLEDITCH

W. U. Timmis

Tofaapage 112
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STORY OF THE CORINTHIANS

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Annals of the
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STORY OF THE CORINTHIANS

The early history of any institution is
generally bound up with the name of an
individual. The history of the Corinthians
will always be associated with the name of
N. L. Jackson.

It was in the latter part of the season of
1881-82 that the club was called into being.
Its origin was due chiefly to two causes.
Mr. N. L. Jackson, who was then assistant
honorary secretary of the Football Associa-
tion, attributed the better combination dis-
played by the Scotch teams in the English
International matches to the greater oppor-
tunities our opponents over the border had
of playing together. Those were the amateur
days, and the best football was confined
almost entirely to the south of England, where

4 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

the Old Boy Clubs held the leading position.
There were, too, many enthusiasts of the
game who found the Saturday old-boy match
but scant outlet for their energy, and were
eager to procure further opportunities of play-
ing first-class matches. Here, then, was his
chance. A meeting was held at which the
following, among others, were present : N. C.
Bailey, E. C. Bambridge, C. Holden- White,
N. L. Jackson, Warren Leete, A. J. Secretan,
and H. A. Swepstone.

It was decided to form a club composed
of the best amateur players in the kingdom —
truly an ambitious beginning ! Care had to
be taken lest clubs should be robbed of their
members, and so arrangements were made to
play on days other than Saturdays as many
as possible of the more important teams from
which the playing members were drawn, indi-
vidual members, of course, representing their
own particular club in such matches.

Thus Mr. Jackson's object was accom-
plished, and the enthusiasts, too, were satisfied.

It now became necessary to find a name for
the new club.

The title first suggested was the Wednes-

STORY OF THE CORINTHIANS 5

day Club, but this, on the proposal of H. A.
Swepstone, was changed to the Corinthian
Football Club,

Owing to lack of time, Mr, Jackson was
forced to refuse the duty of secretary and
manager, and Mr. A. J. Secretan was elected.

Several meetings of the original executive
committee took place, and the ideas of the
club were further developed by the strong
support given to it by the two universities,
the public schools, hospitals, and military
academies, with most of which matches were
arranged. As all these matches were played
away, there was no need either of a ground
or of any subscription.

The first season opened with a match
against St. Thomas's Hospital, played at Lam-
beth, which resulted in a Corinthian victory
by 2-1 — an auspicious beginning. Towards
the end of the season a tour was arranged, in
course of which Accrington, Stoke, Bootle,
and Church were visited. It is believed that
the Corinthians were the first to arrange tours
in the north, and wherever they went they
were received with great enthusiasm, and most
enjoyable encounters ensued.

6 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

The club's record for the first year was
very successful.

The teams, although drawn from so many
different sources, curiously enough developed
a style of their own which has been a feature
of the Corinthians throughout their history.
This was probably the result of having so
many public school boy members.

One has only to watch a Corinthian eleven
play a professional side at the present time
to notice the difference of style.

The excellence of professional play generally
gives the impression that the many tricks
and intricacies of the game are mastered by
mechanical activity and laborious training.
But the passes of the amateur, though made
as often and as accurately, appear to be the
result rather of natural instinct. The amateur
is essentially independent in his methods, and
it is this individualism, combined with his
public school training, which makes his style
of play so distinctive.

As the book includes a chapter of " Hints
on the Game," written by more prominent
members of the club than myself, I need
only touch lightly upon the style of play
noticeable among Corinthians.

STORY OF THE CORINTHIANS 7

The chief feature of the forward style of
play is the forward pass, always executed on
the run. To Cobbold and Tinsley Lindley,
probably more than any one else, the develop-
ment of this sweeping method of progression
may be attributed, and it has been ever since,
in a greater or lesser degree, the dominant
feature of the Corinthian attack. Goal is the
only objective, and, theoretically, all finesse
which entails loss of time or ground must
give way as far as possible to forging ahead.
This style of play was perhaps best exhibited
in later years on the occasion of Bury's defeat
by 10-3 in the Sheriff of London's Shield
Competition. A feature, too, of the back
division is the close proximity of the halves
and backs behind the forwards. This method,
supposing that the team possesses the requisite
amount of speed, ensures a much faster game
than the less compact formation adopted by
the majority of teams.

In the early autumn of 1883 the secretary
was called abroad, and a meeting was held at
Mr. Jackson's offices to decide on the club's
future. The result was that Mr. Jackson
undertook the management, and from that

8 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

time fulfilled the many duties of honorary
secretary.

It was at this time, too, that the club
adopted the following rules, which are in
force at the present time: —

1 . That the club be called the " Corinthian
Football Club," and that the colours be dark blue
and white striped cap, white shirt, with blue mono-
gram C.F.C. on left breast, dark knickerbockers
and stockings.

2. That the number of members be limited to
fifty, exclusive of life members, and that there be
no entry fee nor subscription.

3. A committee, consisting of not less than four
nor more than eight members, and the honorary
secretary and treasurer, shall be elected at the annual
general meeting, and shall have entire management
of the club.

4. A general meeting shall be held in the months
of October or November in each year for the election
of the committee and honorary secretary and trea-
surer, to pass the accounts, to remove from the lists
of members those who are unlikely to further assist
the club either as players or officials, and to select
forty members for the ensuing year. The committee
shall have the power to elect members to fill the ten
vacancies at any time during the season.

5. The annual general meetings shall have power
to elect from among the ex-members of the club a
limited number of honorary life members, not more
than five to be elected at any one meeting.

STORY OF THE CORINTHIANS 9

6. If any alteration is considered necessary in the
rules of the club, notice of the same, together with
the names of the proposers and seconders, must be
sent to the honorary secretary on or before 1st Octo-
ber in each year, and copies of such proposals shall be
sent to the members with the notice convening the
general meeting. No alteration shall be made unless
carried by a two-thirds majority of the members
present at the general meeting.

7. The club shall not compete for any challenge
cup or any prizes of any description whatever.

One addition has since been made to these
rules. In order to allow the Corinthians to
compete for the Sheriff of London's Shield,
the following resolution was passed : —

" In the event of a cup competition being started in
which only one amateur and one professional club
compete, the committee shall have the power to enter
the club for such competition."

It may be well at this point to refer briefly
to a criticism often levelled at the club's rules.
It is urged that these rules should be altered
so as to allow the Corinthians to enter for the
English Cup. It is very doubtful, however,
whether this would be advisable. It would
be quite impossible for its best players to take

io CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

part in matches in various parts of England
at times other than holidays. Thus, to enter
under the present conditions would be out of
the question. A club often requires some
event standing out above the ordinary to
infuse some stimulating effect into it, and if
it were needed in the case of the Corinthians,
the Sheriff of London Charity Competition
has so far been sufficient Judging from the
results of the last few seasons, there seems
nothing to show that the Corinthians have in
any way deteriorated, and why, for the sake
of a competition, should the constitution of a
club so successful be altered?

There is no fixed rule defining a member's
qualifications, but there is an unwritten law
confining election to Old Public School Boys
or members of a university, playing merit, of
course, being essential.

For the first year of Mr. Jackson's manage-
ment it was only possible to arrange three
matches, all of which were won. Thus, it was
not till the season of 1884-85 that the Corin-
thians may be said to have started on big
lines. That year victories were gained over
such teams as

STORY OF THE CORINTHIANS n

Blackburn Rovers, winners of the Association

Cup (twice) ;
Sheffield ;

Preston North End (twice) ;
Blackpool :

while losses were met with at the hands of

Bolton Wanderers ;
Aston Villa ;
Notts Club :

and the match with Derby County resulted in
a draw. The season's list thus worked out at
6 matches won, 2 drawn, and 5 lost — not so
bad a record for a somewhat ambitious pro-
gramme.

By this time the club was everywhere
recognised as one which had come to stay,
and whose players, chosen from the best
material in the country, were destined to
hold their own with any of the great Asso-
ciation teams.

That the Corinthians have more than ful-
filled the aims of their founder is manifest
from the fact that up to the present time 43
of their members have played against Scot-
land, 56 against Wales, and 43 against Ireland,

12 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

whilst 10 have represented Wales, 8 Scotland,
and 2 Ireland.

During the club's existence 33 per cent, of
the places in the English eleven against Scot-
land, 27 per cent against Ireland, and 30 per
cent, against Wales have gone to Corinthians.

On two occasions the English team has
been composed entirely of Corinthians. On
March 12, 1894, eleven Corinthians defeated
Wales at Wrexham by 5-1, and again the
following year they effected a draw of 1-1
with Wales at Queen's Club.

The club has followed the lines originally
laid down for it, in spite of changes of manage-
ment In 1898 Mr. Jackson made way for
Messrs. Smith and Oakley, who jointly under-
took the duties of secretary. They in their
turn were succeeded in 1902 by Mr. B. O.
Corbett. After managing the club for two
seasons, he resigned in favour of Mr. S. H. Day.

The present officials are : —

Committee.

B. O. Corbett. W. J. Oakley.

S. H. Day. C. C. Page.

M. Morgan-Owen. G. O. Smith.

O. T. Norris. C. Wreford-Brown.

STORY OF THE CORINTHIANS 13

Honorary Secretary.
W. U. Timmis.

Honorary Treasurer.
R. T. Squire.

Auditors.
W. R. Moon. C. Wreford-Brown.

It is without doubt to the tours that the
club must attribute its success. With the
ordinary match in London, after which the
players generally disperse to various corners
of England, the social side exists but little.
The club is essentially a social one, and the
tours are looked forward to with the keenest
anticipation by those fortunate enough to be
selected to take part

The origin of the tours, as of the club
itself, is due to Mr. N. L. Jackson. Scattered
as the members are, it was found impossible
to get together a representative side to play
in different parts of England at any time a
match might happen to be arranged, so by
fixing all the out-matches at one period, the
players are able to visit sides which would
be unwilling to contend only in London. The
Christmas tour is always considered the most

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important, for then it is that the strong pro-
fessional teams are met Then, too, the
Queens Park F.C. is visited, a match which
has always been considered the most im-
portant of the tour since it was first played
on January i, 1886.

The Queens Park F.C. is the oldest in
Scotland. It dates back to 1867, and was
the first to play the game over the border,
and has ever since maintained its position
among the leading Scotch clubs. It is, more-
over, the leading amateur club — hence the
keen rivalry between the Q.P. and the
Corinthians. Many a magnificent tussle has
been seen on the fine enclosure of old
Hampden Park in what is often termed the
" Amateur International." Now, alas ! the well-
paced field and fine stands have fallen into
other hands; but there is a new Hampden
Ground, finer even than the old one — finer,
perhaps, than any other football ground in
the world — where the teams still meet as each
New Year's Day comes round, and where I
sincerely hope many another friendly en-
counter may yet take place.

Since the first match in 1886 the two clubs

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STORY OF THE CORINTHIANS 15

have met on 42 occasions, with the result
that the Corinthians have won 22, drawn 6,
lost 14, scoring 94 goals to Queen 's Parks 76.

It has been the custom for the two teams
to dine together after the match, a custom
which results in as fine a display of Scotch
humour, song, and mirth as Scotch prowess
and endurance during the afternoon. Sixteen
to twenty players are generally taken on the
Christmas tour, which is so arranged as to
reach Scotland in time to have a clear day's
rest before the all-important meeting with
Queen's Park. Of late years Edinburgh has
generally been made the headquarters, and the
hour and a half s journey by rail to Glasgow
has been made the morning of the match.
Unfortunately, New Year's Eve is not a night
on which to obtain much sleep in Scotland,
at any rate in an hotel on Princes Street.
With a bagpiper practising his art enthusiasti-
cally under one's window, and the buzz and
whirl of a servants' dance kept up below until
the small hours, sleep is an impossibility.

Not many years ago, the team arrived
in Edinburgh after a very muddy game at
Wolverhampton. It was the night of the

16 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

servants' dance. Our boots, being very wet,
were in due course handed over to be dried,
and when we rang for them in the morning
they were discovered to be in cinders. They
had been placed on a grate to take care of
themselves, and our feelings and words are
best left to the imagination of the reader.
Those who had only one pair were compelled
to turn out in new ones, and in all probability
this had something to do with our lack of
success that afternoon at Hampden Park.

In the eighties and nineties the Christmas
tours were often extended to other Scotch towns
beyond Glasgow and Edinburgh. Kirkcaldy,
Ayr, Dundee, Stirling, Aberdeen, and Falkirk
were visited at various times, and many are
the experiences the teams have passed through
at some of these places. They met opponents
who, if somewhat robust in their methods,
still fought always to the bitter end, and were
good sportsmen withal. The referees, how-
ever, were sometimes distinctly adverse to the
English team. On one occasion a well-known
Corinthian goalkeeper of great size was keep-
ing the touch-line, wearing, as is usual, the
Corinthian cap. The referee was a very

STORY OF THE CORINTHIANS 17

^X small, though canny Scot, who took no notice
19 of the Corinthian's decisions, or else overruled
them. It came to such a pass by half-time
that the linesman, furious at being ignored,
and at the jeers of the crowd, quietly walked
the little referee to the changing-room and
asked him his reasons for so manifestly de-
ciding against him. "Weel, mon," was the
only reply he got, " if ye haidn't that bonnet
on yer heid it might hae been deeferent!"

At Kirkcaldy the Corinthians have played
many an enjoyable game, and have always
of late years been welcomed by Dr. John
Smith, who was such a tower of strength in
the earlier days of the club's history. An
amusing incident occurred on one occasion
the club played in Scotland. On lining up
to start the game, it was noticed that one of
the opposing side was clad in an enormous
red wig. It was considerably too large for
him, and to prevent the chance of his losing
it in the course of the game, a piece of black
elastic under his chin held it in place. The
sight was so comical that it was only natural
a bet should be made between two of the
Corinthian forwards as to which of them

B

18 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

should be the first to displace the wig. It
was a wet day, and the ball was very heavy,
yet whenever on our friend's wing it seemed
always in the air. The red head, too, seemed
ubiquitous; but though the wig perpetually
received the ball, it kept its place. Half-time
came, and still the wig was there. Five
minutes off time it had not been removed.
Then came a terrible scrimmage on the wing,
four men on the ground, including red wig
and our two friends of the wager. At last
a figure emerged from between a man's legs
showing a shining crown and holding the wig
in his hand.

From the season of 1892-93 onwards an
Easter tour has generally been arranged in
the south and west of England, where East-
bourne, Southampton, Bristol, and most of
the counties have been encountered, besides
many of the smaller towns less noted for their
prowess on the field. These were always
delightful tours. Our opponents were less
formidable than the teams in the north, and
the social element was more pronounced.
Some of the matches were played against
opponents with little real knowledge of the

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game, though they were generally found to
be of the gamest material. The grounds, too,
were sometimes of a rather rustic order. I
well remember one match played at a small
county town where the field, besides being
on the side of a steep slope, had a large bed
of nettles on one wing. After the opposing
forwards had several times looked perilously
like scoring, our right half was ordered by
his captain to hide in ambush in the nettle-
bed and leap out when he heard steps ! Bad
grounds, however, are the exception, and nowa-
days even country villages can often boast of
fields where, as far as the turf is concerned,
International matches might be played.

The Corinthians have never possessed a
ground of their own. The earlier matches in
the club's history were generally played on
the opponents' ground, or, in the event of that
being impracticable, were decided sometimes
at the Oval, Leyton, Richmond, and other
places. It was not till 1895 ^ at ^ e Queen's
Club ground at West Kensington was made the
headquarters, and up till 1905 home matches
were regularly played here. In that season a
change was made to Leyton, but the following

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year the club returned to Queen's Club,
where they play their home matches at the
present time.

A few games, chiefly those in the Sheriff of
London's Shield Competition, have taken place
on the fine enclosure of the Crystal Palace.
This ground has one drawback, at any rate to
wing men, and that is, that the stands do not
run parallel to the touch-line, which makes it
very difficult for a player to know exactly where
he is.

Queens Club is eminently suited to the
style of play of Corinthian forwards, being
both long and wide, but for this very reason
must be difficult for backs and halves. A
half-back needs, as they say, to be in the
"pink" of condition to contend with any
success against a fast wing pair who are
really in form. Not so long ago a famous
Corinthian International of the early days,
who had retired from active service for some
years, was prevailed upon to take the field
against Charterhouse School at Queen's Club.
He had put on weight considerably since his
playing days, and when he stepped on to the
ground he remarked on its enormous size.

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Corinthians v. Qleen's Park, 1901.

C. Wreford-Urown. B. Middle-ditch. A. T. B. Dunn. C. II. Fry. "W. J. Oakley. C. !•. Ryder. B. O. Corb«tt. H. Vickcrs.
R. li. Foster. G. O. Smith. M. II. S aabrouijh.
C. I£. Wilkinson.

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Corinthians v. Queen's Park, 1901.

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He was very obviously in trouble after the
game had been in progress a few minutes,
and when found at half-time in a very sorry
condition in the pavilion, he was heard to
murmur that in his days football grounds were
limited to 200 yards in length, but nowadays
they seemed to think nothing of having them
a quarter of a mile long !

Apart from the matches with Queen's Park,
which have, as before stated, been played in
uninterrupted sequence since April 17, 1886,
the meetings with Preston North End have
perhaps occasioned, as friendly encounters,
more rivalry than any others. Three matches
with the famous northern club took place in
the season of 1884-85, the rubber being won
by the Corinthians by 2-1. Since that time
22 matches have been played, of which the
amateurs have won 6, lost 13, drawn 3, scoring
35 goals to 45 against. Strange as it may
seem, it was when Preston North End was
considered at its best, and was carrying every-
thing before it, that the Corinthians gained
one of their few victories over them. The
match was played at Richmond in 1889, and
was considered among the best performances

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of the amateur club. Of late years, owing to
the extension of the League, which makes it
harder, season by season, to arrange friendly
matches with the big professional teams, no
meetings between the clubs have taken place.
Still, perhaps the fixtures will once again be
revived, and the Corinthians be given an
opportunity of wiping off the large deficit
standing against their account. Another match,
which can be almost considered an annual
fixture, is that with Aston Villa. Only three
games were brought off between the clubs in
the eighties, but since then they have been
more or less regular. Of the twenty matches
played, only four have been won by the
Corinthians, three being drawn, and the rest
lost ; still, they have some satisfaction in being
able to claim among the four one of the matches
in the Sheriff of London Competition, namely,
that in 1899.

Perhaps the best performance of all against
the famous Aston Villa team was that of last
season at Queens Club, when the Corinthians
won by 7-1. It was one of those occasions
when the amateur forwards were in their very
best form, and gave an exhibition of the open

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game with long sweeping rushes which has
always been a characteristic of their play.
Many critics of the game declare that no
better exhibition of centre-forward play than
that shown by B. S. Foster in this match has
been seen since G. O. Smith's best days.

Corinthians look forward to these matches
against Aston Villa with the greatest pleasure,
for they are always sure of having a vigorous
game with a side of thorough sportsmen.
What tussles do the very names of Crabtree,
Spencer, Athersmith, Devey, and George
conjure up in the Corinthian mind! Long
may the annual meetings last !

During their history the Corinthians have
on nineteen occasions won by 8 goals or more,
exclusive of matches played on foreign tours.
Only twice has the club been defeated by 8
or more goals — namely, by Newcastle West
End on March 31, 1891, by 8-4, and by
Aston Villa on April 2, 1891, by 8-3, both,
strangely enough, within three days of each
other.

More prominent among the victims of these
encounters are found the Blackburn Rovers
(8-1) in 1884, Wolverhampton Wanderers

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(8-3) in 1 901, Bury (10-3) in 1904, and
Manchester United (11-3) also in 1904.

The victory over the first of these had much
to do with establishing the early reputation of
the club. It was the first game played by the
club under the direct management of Mr. N. L.
Jackson, and at that time the Blackburn Rovers
were at the zenith of the cup-fighting game.
The team representing the Corinthians in this
great performance was : M. J. Rendall (goal) ;
Andrew Watson and W. F. Beardshaw (backs) ;
A. Amos, E. Saunders, and C. H olden- White
(halves); F. W. Pawson, B. W. Spilsbury,
Dr. John Smith (captain), W. N. Cobbold,
and Tinsley Lindley (forwards).

The match with Wolverhampton Wanderers,
too, is worthy of note. It was played on the
Wanderers' ground in wet weather, and despite
the difficult conditions the Corinthians clearly
outmanoeuvred the home side from the start
The combination and passing of the three
inside forwards, R. E. Foster, G. O. Smith,
and C. F. Ryder, was one of the best
performances of the Corinthians during the
G. O. Smith period of the club's existence.

The Bury defeat by 10-3 in the Sheriff

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of London Shield Competition in 1905 is
described elsewhere, but this achievement
stands out pre-eminent in the club records.

The Manchester United victory by 11-3,
at the beginning of the following season,
was more or less of a repetition of the Bury
match. It was due in great measure to the
fine forward play of S. S. Harris, G. S.
Harris, and S. H. Day, the chief despoilers
of Bury. Making their passes while at full
speed, and using their outsides when they
saw they had an opportunity of a sheer sprint,
they broke down all opposition in spite of
the fact that Manchester United were supposed
to have one of the finest defences at that time
in the north.

In accounting for a large margin victory,
one is often inclined to notice only the ex-
cellence of the forwards who actually do the
scoring, forgetting the back division, and more
especially the halves, who are probably just
as much instrumental in bringing about a
good combined movement in the front line
as the forwards themselves. Certainly, had
it not been for the excellent half-back line
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such players as Cobbold, Tinsley Lindley,
G. O. Smith, and many others would not
have required such close attention on the
part of their various opponents. It is inter-
esting to note that the less successful seasons
of the club are generally found to be those
when the half-back line was weakest.

As the result of a meeting while on tour,
in 1892 a competition was arranged with the
Barbarians R.F.C. in Association, Rugby,
Sports, and Cricket. The proceeds were to
be devoted to charities, and great interest
was shown in the events.

The Corinthians won the Association game
by 6-i, easily outplaying their opponents,
whose methods were always robust, and whose
plan of play might be described as collectively
aggressive.

The Rugby match, however, provided great
interest, since the Corinthians had several
men who had already made their mark in
this branch of football, and a close game was
not unlikely. Yet when the Barbarians were
defeated by 2 goals and 2 tries to 2 goals
and 1 try, the result was certainly a surprise
to every one. The Barbarians were repre-

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sented by a strong team : A. S. Johnston
(back); J. Le Fleming, C. A. Hooper, C.
M. Wells, and C. J. B. Monypenny (three-
quarters); R. F. C. de Winton and H. M.
Taberer (halves) ; F. Evershed, C. Ekin,
W. P. Carpmael, C. B. Nicholl, W. H.
Manfield, W. W. Rashleigh, R. D. Budworth,
and A. Allport (forwards).

The Corinthian team was: P. M. Walters
(back); C. B. Fry, W. J. Seton, R. C Gosling,
and F. J. K. Cross (three-quarters); Tinsley
Lindley and A. M. Walters (halves); G. H.
Cotterill, W. N. Winckworth, W. S. Gosling,
A. K. Brook, C. Wreford - Brown, J. G.
Veitch, R. R. Sandilands, and F. M. Ingram
(forwards).

Nine events were selected for the Sports,
and a most exciting contest resulted, it being
only in the last event that Ingram gave the
Corinthians the victory by winning the
mile.

The following summary gives the results of
the various events : —

100 Yards.

C. J. B. Monypenny (Barbarians), 1 ; G B. Fry (Corin-
thians), 2. Time, 10} seconds.

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Two Miles.

C Ekin (Barbarians), i ; W. N. Winckworth (Corin-
thians), 2. Time, 10 minutes 33 seconds.

Quarter-Mile.

C. J. B. Monypenny (Barbarians), 1; F. J. K. Cross
(Corinthians), 2. Time^ 50^ seconds.

Long Jump.

C. B. Fry (Corinthians), 1— 21 feet 9 J inches; F. J. K.
Cross (Corinthians), 2 — 21 feet 6 inches.

Half-MiU.

F. J. K. Cross (Corinthians), 1 ; C. J. B. Monypenny
(Barbarians), 2. Time, 2 minutes i| seconds.

120 Kzr/& Hurdles.

J. Le Fleming (Barbarians), 1; C A. Hooper (Bar-
barians), 2. TYjhi, i6f seconds.

Putting the Weight.

G. H. Cotterill (Corinthians), 1 — 34 feet 1 inch ; G. L.
Wilson (Corinthians), 2 — 32 feet 9 inches.

High Jump.

C. B. Fry (Corinthians), 1—5 feet 3! inches; J. Le
Fleming (Barbarians), 2—5 feet 2f inches.

One Mile.

F. M. Ingram (Corinthians), 1 ; C. Ekin (Barbarians), 2.
Time, 4 minutes 34 seconds.

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Corinthians v. Queen's Park, 1902.

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Corinthians v. Stoke, 1904.

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The cricket match was played some time
after, and resulted in a win for the Barbarians,
the only one of the four events in which they
were successful.

Confined as the club is to so small a
number of playing members, it is worthy of
note that it has on three occasions placed
two teams in the field on the same day to
oppose professional sides.

At Leyton, on January 26, 1889, one
team lost to Preston North End (0-1), while
the other eleven defeated Notts Forest (2-1)
at the Oval. On November 6, 1897, Black-
burn Rovers were defeated (3-1) at Queen's
Club, while a draw of 2-2 was being effected
at Sheffield. And, lastly, on December 28,
1897, Derby County was defeated at Derby
by 2-i t and Leicester Fosse at Leicester by
the same amount

CHARACTER SKETCHES

CHARACTER SKETCHES

By C. B. FRY

The story of any big football club is neces-
sarily, to a large extent, the story of its leading
players. The story of the Corinthians, how-
ever, is peculiarly so. If you study the history
of almost any big professional club you will
find that its fortunes have been inextricably
mixed up with business — the business, I mean,
of securing sites for grounds, of building stands
and making accommodation, of tiding over
periods of financial depression, and so on. So
much so, that the men who have conducted the
business management have really had more
to do with the success of these clubs than have
the actual players. None of these things,
however, come into Corinthian history. The
club has never possessed a ground of its own,
and has never had to consider finance. Its
story is the story of its great players, pure and
simple.

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In spite of the tremendous strength of its
defence in the time of W. R. Moon and the
brothers Walters, and later of W. J. Oakley
and L. V. Lodge, and in spite of its uninter-
rupted tale of good backs, such as A. T. B.
Dunn, F. R. Pelly, and A. H. Harrison, of
half-backs such as A. Amos, Norman Bailey,
H. E. D. Hammond, C. Holden-White, and
C. Wreford-Brown, all Internationals against
Scodand, it has been the forward strength of
the club that has been its main feature and the
chief cause of its success. It is convenient,
therefore, to divide its history into the periods
of the dominating characters among its for-
wards. Its first prime, from 1884 to 1887,
was the period of W. N. Cobbold and E. C.
Bambridge; its second prime, from 1889 to
1893, °f George Cotterill and J. G. Veitch ;
its third prime, from 1893 to 1901, of G. O.
Smith ; from 1901 till to-day may be called its
present. These divisions are not precisely
accurate, but they serve our purpose.

The Cobbold- Bambridge era was, perhaps,
the best of all, especially in 1885 and 1886,
when Moon and the Walters came in behind
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Lindley, and Brann were still in their prime
among the forwards. The Blackburn Rovers
were then at the zenith of their cup-winning
career, yet the Corinthians beat them 8-1 at
Blackburn in the season of 1884-85, and
again by 6-0 in the season of 1885-86. The
England eleven of 1886 v. Scotland has
already been mentioned as containing nine
Corinthians, and as being the best, perhaps,
England has ever produced.

Without presenting all the great players
of each era, I may draw brief pictures of
some. W. N. Cobbold must come first. He
played inside left, with E. C. Bambridge
outside. Called by his friends " Nuts " —
possibly because he was of the very best
Kentish cob quality, all kernel, and extremely
hard to crack — built on ideal football lines,
with sturdy legs and hips that could have
carried a far heavier body, no half that was
set to mark him ever got the best of it
Swathed in rubber bandages and ankle-guards
he never got crocked ; and doubtless the
medical appliances were used only as pre-
ventives. As a dribbler we have never seen
his equal. He had a peculiar shuffling run ;

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just a wriggle between the halves, and a
wonderful knack of shooting at quite unex-
pected moments and impossible angles ; and
his shooting boots must have been made by
Krupp. " Nuts " had one weakness, and that
was his heading; the only time he was ever
known to be angry was when outside wing
men persisted in "middling" high. Scru-
pulously fair, with the gentlest of reproofs
for halves who tried to trip him, " Nuts " was
the Bayard of the football field, the forward
without fear and without blame.

E. C. Bambridge, known as " Charlie Bam,"
was the cheeriest and wittiest of good fellows to
be on tour with, always ready to crack a joke
with any cabby or busman, folks who were
never known to score off him in repartee, all
life and bounce, right from his neat instep
(which was built for kicking a football) to the
top of his well-groomed poll. He was known
as a personal friend on every ground, and his
northern admirers, whether they were the
keen mill-hands of Preston or the dry ship-
wrights of Glasgow, were always waiting to
give him a hearty handshake.

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tion! And what glorious runs their names
conjure up ! And that final middle of " Barn's"
from an apparently impossible angle near the
corner flag ! The ball must go behind ! But,
no — whizz ! it comes right across the goal-
mouth, about knee-high, just right for Tinsley
Lindley to take it on the full volley and bang
it through. " Barn's " pluck was proverbial.
Nothing less than a broken limb could knock
him out. The story goes that on one occasion
in the final of the County Cup he was looked
upon as a certain non-starter. He had broken
a leg not many weeks before, and his oppo-
nents reckoned that the bone could not possibly
have mended, and without him they looked upon
the cup as already in their club-house. Picture
their consternation when at the last minute
" Bam" drove up ready dressed for the fray.
True, he was wearing a very large and pro-
minent white shin-guard outside the stocking of
the injured limb. These were the good whole-
some hacking days, and at half-time that white
shin-guard was full of wounds. But " Bam "
refused to be knocked out, and eventually got
through and scored the winning goal. It was
then discovered that the shin-guard had been

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put on the sound limb as a bait The injured
one had been unprotected — and untouched.

This great left wing had the advantage of
playing beside one of the greatest centre for-
wards ever known — Tinsley Lindley. He is
certainly to be placed in the same class as G.
O. Smith. This is praise indeed ; yet Lindley
can be bracketed with him as the other great
Corinthian centre. Of somewhat similar build
to G. O. — if anything, more lightly knit — he
had that same wonderful facility of evading
the heaviest of charges, and even the strong,
heavy-charging North End halves often found
themselves chasing a shadow. Moreover,
was he not weaned to football at the hard
Nottingham school, where every trick was
thoroughly known and taught? Even the
Scotchman — clever as he was — could teach
him nothing.

A regular Cinquevalli with his feet, he
would juggle the ball through from anywhere.
He and Cobbold often scored from the kick-
off without their opponents touching the ball.
Like his famous comrade, he had a dislike
of heading, but his extreme cleverness with
his feet made up for any lack of skill at this

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end. Perhaps his shots lacked the plug and
pace of G. O. Smiths, and he preferred
dribbling through the goal to taking long
shots. Above all, he was very good at taking
the ball on the full volley from a centre.
It was just eye and timing, like a Ranji
glance-to-leg. Sometimes he did miss a
goal, as the following little anecdote of his
shows : —

"The most disappointed player after a
game that I ever saw was J. S. 'Miller 1 (Dr.
John Smith). This was in 1885, when he
was playing against Preston at the Oval,
and most anxious to be for once on the win-
ning side versus that team. Two minutes
from time I missed the easiest of goals.
The whistle blew, and, on entering the
pavilion, 'Miller' came up and said: 'I did
want to beat Preston once, and you have
made a fool of yourself/ I said, ' Well,
you are quite right, but ought to be satisfied
with the result — three to two.' 'What!'
said ' Miller ' ; 'of course, I must be the fool
— I'd forgotten the score !'"

It is interesting, by the way, that several
famous Scottish players have been Corin-

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thians, notably Dr. John Smith and John
Lambie— both grand forwards.

Then there was George Brann at inside or
outside right, a veritable champion. Most
people know him so well as a Sussex cricketer
that they overlook his football. Yet he was
one of the finest forwards England has ever
had. In the Scotland match of 1886, with
Cobbold, Bambridge, and Lindley on the
same side, he was picked out by the Scotch
critics as the best forward on the field. " He
seemed to be able to do anything with our
men; and as he ploughed along indifferent
to, or in spite of, all opposition, with the
ball at his toe, he was greeted on all sides
with 'Well played ! ,w It was d propos of
this match that "Wanderer" of the Sports-
man wrote: M Brann was very popular. But
with all due respect to the Ardingly tutor,
he should be a trifle more careful in his
costume, as it is scarcely the thing to career
down the wing with one's shirt fluttering gaily
in the breeze. " George was quite angry at
this effort to teach him propriety. Poor
"Wanderer"! I'm sure he meant no harm.
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very fast, very clever, with a swoopy, swing-
ing* yet quick - changing dribble, and the
hardest charger I ever met. He met you
plump with his shoulder, all his weight in-
stantly concentrated at the point of impact
He played sometimes with C. Holden-White,
who afterwards became a great half-back,
sometimes with B. W. Spilsbury as a partner.
Both made very powerful left wings.

Of the half-backs of this period N. C.
Bailey was the greatest

As Cobbold was king of the forwards, so
was Norman Bailey the monarch of the
halves. Why, he had more dates to his
International cap than the peak would hold.
There was great rivalry between him and
Charlie Campbell, the great Queen's Park
half, as to who would last the longer. They
finished all square with a record of ten up in
the shape of caps. Bailey's greatness showed
itself in his judgment Although somewhat
heavily built, he was gifted with extraordinary
quickness of foot; and, like W. Arnott, he
must have been double-jointed in the knee
and ankle, for he was able to run towards his
own goal and kick straight back, apparently

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without turning his body. Always in the
right spot to intercept a pass or a shot, and
unerring in getting the ball away to a for-
ward, a giant in strength, he never used
it unkindly, and had ever a kind word of
encouragement for young players.

R. T. Squire was another great half-back of
the period. He, Bailey, and F. E. Saunders
made a terribly tough trio. Squire was a
good back, too, very sound and powerful.

But the great backs were the famous P. M.
and A. M. Walters, who as a pair have never
been surpassed and scarcely equalled.

Their northern friends dubbed them
" Morning and Afternoon" Walters, and they
loved them, for they were built on their own
hard-bitten lines, and could have swung a
hammer or tossed a caber with the best of
them. How the brothers loved those tough
Preston fights, where they met five sturdy
forwards who were game for a rough-and-
tumble charge! And it required grit to in-
dulge in a bout with P.N.E. Both verging
on 13 stone, all muscle and bone — the latter
predominating, so the forwards thought —
fast, accurate kickers, and good with their

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heads. With these qualifications it is small
wonder that England looked no further for
its full-backs. Playing together, there was
not a pin to choose between them in regard
to skill. With a strange partner P. M. was
possibly the sounder player, A. M. the more
brilliant. Their methods were somewhat
daring ; playing right up to their halves, they
trusted to their pace to overhaul any fast
forward who should break through. The
present-day referee would probably have
considered them too robust, but times have
changed, and the old fair heavy "barging"
has given place to tricks which were not in
A. M.'s and P. M.'s repertory.

In goal behind them was W. R. Moon.
The Corinthians have to thank the playing-
fields of Westminster for some of their
greatest members. Billy Moon was one of
these. So good was he that almost up to
the time of his retirement no other goal-
keeper was even thought of for the Inter-
national match. How he must envy the
present-day goal-keeper! In his day the
Goal-keeper's Protection Act had not been
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ward, when the ball was centred, to make
straight for him, and "barge" him through.
Billy says he prefers the old days, for he was
ever a fighter, and likes hard knocks. He
keeps wicket, and this doubtless gave him
that wonderfully safe pair of hands, and that
wonderful eye that could detect which corner
of the goal the forward was aiming at. Cool
as a refrigerator, nothing ruffled him. On
one occasion he came near to losing his
temper. It was in Corinthians v. Glasgow
Rangers at Ibrox Park. The Rangers' foot-
ball was not lamb-like, which is possibly why
the Corinthians enjoyed the game. On this
occasion Moon had come a long way out of
goal, and had taken the ball off a forward's
toe, and punted it away, and was returning
to goal when the forward deliberately as-
sisted him with a distinct hoof. It may only
have been the Scotchman's way of showing
his appreciation of the save, but Billy saw it
in a different light and chased him. The
referee saved further bloodshed. A similar
incident occurred to another Corinthian, S.
S. Taylor, at Port Elizabeth, in 1897. A
Natalian lost his temper and kicked Taylor

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when the ball was half the field away. " Did
you see that?" inquired Taylor, mildly, of
the referee. "Yes," replied the referee, "but
an unintentional kick is not a foul"

Much of the success of the second prime
of Corinthian football was due to those
players of the first who still remained in the
team — Moon, the Walters, Brann, and Lind-
ley. But the forward line had changed.
J. G. Veitch and G. H. Cotterill came in on
either side of Lindley. From the half-back
line Bailey and Squire were gone, and C.
Wreford-Brown, H. E. D. Hammond, and
C. H olden- White took their places. It is
impossible to be quite accurate; but this
statement is near enough.

In this period the Corinthians did one of
their greatest performances in beating the
all-conquering Preston North End team at
Richmond by 5 to o. North End was then
at its zenith, and its team is still regarded by
many as since unequalled by any professional
club. H. B. Daft, who afterwards played
cricket and football for Nottingham as a pro-
fessional, was Brann's outside partner in this
match.

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C. Wreford-Brown played so long and so
finely for the Corinthians that one period can
scarcely claim him as its product. He began
his football life as a goal-keeper. He "kept"
in that memorable cup-tie at the Oval be-
tween Old Carthusians v. P.N.E. He has
doubtless taken part in hundreds of games
since then, but never a better or more ex-
citing one. His goal-keeping, however, has
long since been forgotten ; but as a half he
is with us still. He retired years ago, so
the papers told us, but he now takes teams
to South Africa and other foreign countries,
and is annoyed if he misses a match. His
style of play is somewhat like Norman
Bailey's, although Wreford is more of a
rover, and is not above doing both the wing
halves' work. In addition to being a lawyer,
he is, or was, a football legislator, and takes
the chair at club smoking concerts. He is
always busy, both on and off the field, and
gives one the idea that he is overworked,
but his looks belie him, and he can still last
through the hardest of games on the muddiest
of grounds. We shall expect to find him
playing for England at centre forward in ten

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years' time. His main attribute was, and
is, unmitigated, untiring, scientific plug. He
goes on and on and on — and always on the
ball. C. H olden- White was a very polished
half-back — just the half-back a clever inside
forward would be likely to become. In
earlier days the Corinthians once had an
all -round match with Preston North End.
It included shooting, billiards, and whist.
The first two events were impromptu, viz.
ioo yards and a quarter mile. H olden- White
was the Corinthian representative, and for
Preston a gentleman toed the mark who was
called champion of the Pyrenees (he had
ridden a bicycle up them!) H. White won
easily, his opponent falling after going about
twenty yards. All the latter said was, "I'm
not going to run against that 'pro* again."

H. E. D. Hammond was an absolutely
first-rate and powerful player. A. G. Hen-
frey, who at one time played centre forward,
was a fine half-back, and gained his Inter-
national cap against Scotland. He was a
renowned wit on Christmas tours. He is the
only Corinthian ever known to have won a
bet from a Scotsman.

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The Corinthian team arrived at Dundee one
winter's day — temperature, 10 degrees of frost
— and found the changing room warmed with
a small stove, red hot "Cocky" Henfrey
betted the Dundee president a bottle of
champagne he would sit on the stove. The
Scot said, "Vara guid." "Cocky" rose with
a block of wood, which happened to be on
the bench from which he issued his challenge,
hidden under his coat-tails, and sat on the
stove with equanimity. The Scotsman was
amazed — but he paid.

George Cotterill and John Veitch, the labels
of the period, were two notable forwards.
Both were very tall and very strong, and
quite fast. Veitch was the more brilliant of
the two, and on his day was as fine an inside
left as the country has seen ; but he was
variable, and had his days, and he never
played against Scotland. He had the West-
minster knack of clever dribbling, and on his
day was a very deadly shot. Cotterill was a
quiet but effective forward, with a great gift
of pushing the ball through at the end of his
long stride. He could play centre as well as
inside. The Corinthian forward line at this

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time often averaged all but 13 stone in
weight To this day people speak of "the
typical Corinthian forward like Veitch and
Cotterill." Other fine forwards of this time
were R. C. Gosling, a typical Etonian, very
fast, skilful, and unselfish ; and R. R. Sandi-
lands, a very speedy outside left

After the Walters' retired, about 1890,
several fine backs played for the Corinthians
— notably A. H. Harrison and F. R. Pelly;
and L. H. Gay, the wicket-keeper, was no
unworthy successor of Moon in goal. F. R.
Pelly, although very active, was a tremendously
massive and heavy man. The Corinthians
were playing against the Bolton Wanderers
some years ago — about the time I made the
then record long jump. Pelly and I were
advertised as the two backs. As he went on
to the field a few minutes before me one of
the crowd pointed to him, and said to his
neighbour, "That's the cove who jumped 23 ft
6 in." " Is he, then ? " was the reply, with
a surprised stock-taking of Pelly's 16 stone.
" What a 'ole he must ha' made in the floor ! "

The two giant forwards — Veitch and Cot-
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Corinthians, the G. O. Smith era, as also did
R. C. Gosling. When G. O. played between
Veitch and Cotterill the combination was
magnificent.

G. O. Smith, of course, stands out above all
latter-day Corinthian forwards as the greatest
by far. R. E. Foster is his only rival, and he
had nothing like so long a career. Possibly
S. S. Harris, of to-day, may prove another
rival. But G. O. is really sui generis; he is
accepted as the greatest centre forward of his
time.

The secret of his consummate skill in foot-
ball, his adroitness in trapping and controlling
the ball, his mastery in dribbling, his precision
in passing and deftness in shooting, was an
altogether uncommon faculty of balance and
an altogether uncommon neatness of foot. It
was by his balance that, without being a
sprinter, he moved so quickly; his speed on
a field with a ball consisted of quickness in
starting, in turning, in stopping, and in chang-
ing his paces. By his own quick change of
balance he upset that of a would-be tackier ;
got him stuck on the wrong leg two yards out of
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without swerving from his bee-line of pro-
gress ; by balance he arranged in a twinkling
for his lightning shot through a 2 ft space. By
balance he moved always unruffled and fluent.
He never sprawled feet wide apart, never let
any bias of motion take him out of action.
His neatness of foot gave him his more
obvious virtues— cleverness and quickness ; a
foot so light in running, so heavy, by accurate
timing, to drive his shot Over and above, he
had an uncommon instinct, that of the genius
half-back, for the future whereabouts of the
ball ; and his own special instinct for the
whereabouts of self and friends, and the clear
passages between. He'd eyes all round his
shirt, had " G. O." Most unselfish of players,
he got most of his many goals by his own
individual finishing effort. Just his own final
turn of the ball made good the chance, though
the midfield leading up was done by pass and
repass. And no forward was ever more art-
fully adept at drawing his opponents before
passing.

R. E. Foster, if he was not a "G. O." in
point of International honours, nor as consis-
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behind him in skill ; and he was more typically
Corinthian in his play than G. O. Tip Foster,
as he played at the Crystal Palace against
Scotland, need fear comparison with no man.
He would have been an ornament alongside
of Bambridge and Cobbold. Tall and long-
limbed, quick without being fast, he had a
marvellous dexterity of foot, and controlled
the ball, caressed and persuaded it, with a
cunning that seemed almost manual. His
resource was unbounded, and he had a charm-
ing cheekiness of method that commanded
success. He shot with tremendous force and
directness, and often scored from a distance
which to most forwards would have been quite
out of range. He will be remembered, like
Brann, rather as a great batsman than as a
great forward ; but his football is as undeniable
as his cricket.

Of wing forwards in the G. O. era, Top-
ham, at outside right, who overlapped from
the Veitch-Cotterill time, deserves mention:
a very powerful fast winger, with tremendous
verve and drive. Very like him was (or is ?)
his successor, G. C. Vassall, the famous long
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jumps at the Oxford and Cambridge sports.
Had he played more regularly, he would have
won great fame. His pace at his best is
tremendous, and he goes down the touch-line
like a cavalry charge. He is brother of Harry
Vassall, the great Rugby forward, who is said
to have made the modern style of Rugby for-
ward play.

M. H. Stanbrough, who played outside,
sometimes right, sometimes left, was another
shining light of G. O.'s days.

The half-backs of G. O.'s time, with the ex-
ception of C. Wreford-Brown, the perennial,
and B. Middleditch and H. Vickers, were
scarcely quite up to the best standard of the
preceding primes. But in L. V. Lodge and
W. J. Oakley the club had two magnificent
backs, who together represented England v.
Scotland. Both were fast, powerful, and skil-
ful. Lodge had masterful dash, and as a
tackier was scarcely less triumphantly unde-
niable than the Walters ; and he could head
the ball as far as many men can kick it.
Oakleys methods were more deliberate, but
every bit as telling. Tall, strong, and heavy,
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He had tremendous pace — he won the Inter-
' Varsity hurdles in i6£ sees. — and a wonder-
ful knack of overtaking and dispossessing an
opposing forward. Above all, his kicking was
beyond reproach; he kept the ball low and
fed his forwards to an inch. He was never
flustered or in difficulties.

Of the present-day Corinthians it is not
necessary to write at length. They are with
us to be seen. Their bright particular star is
S. S. Harris, who, with the Kent cricketer
S. H. Day, another fine player, was the chief
despoiler of Bury, and also played grandly in
the last England v. Scotland match — a forward
quite up to the best Corinthian tradition. In
style he is something between a Veitch and a
Foster.

FOREIGN TOURS

SOUTH AFRICA, 1897

In 1897, for the first time in the club's annals,
a tour was arranged in South Africa. The
side collected by Mr. N. L. Jackson to under-
take the journey was a strong one, composed
of R. Topham (captain), H. A. Rauthmell,
J. Grievson, J. Gettins, A. Guy, S. S. Taylor,
W. Campbell, C. J. Burnup, G. H. Simpson,
H. Vickers, E. H. Bray, C. B. Ward, W. F.
Stanbrough, R. R. Barker.

On Friday, June 25, the team started from
the Millwall Docks in the R.M.S. Norham
Castle. Special arrangements had been made
for the passengers to witness the great Naval
Review at Spithead, which they did under
most propitious circumstances.

The boat was hardly out of sight of land

when we encountered a thunderstorm, and

this was the signal for several days of rough

weather, which drove a large number of us

to our berths. There was plenty to amuse

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one night, in which every one of the team
took part, some of the dresses being excellent,
in spite of the limited facilities for making
them on board ship. Another day there
were athletic sports, at which Campbell dis-
tinguished himself by jumping five feet in
the high jump. The obstacle race, which
included a pig-net, under which one had to
creep with a water-hose playing on it, afforded
probably more amusement to the spectators
than to the competitors.

On July 6 we crossed the Equator, and eight
days later arrived at Table Bay.

We were welcomed by a large number of
influential representatives of different branches
of sport, and the same day found us having
a practice game on Newlands cricket ground.

The first match was against the Civilians,
and we won by 4-0. Much rain had fallen
during the night, and the ground was com-
pletely under water. We found them a hard-
playing side, but lacking combination, and we
had much the best of the game throughout.
The second match of the tour — namely, that
against the Cape Military — ended in exactly
the same result. The last of the three matches

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set for decision at Cape Town found the
Corinthians still in form, their victims this
time being the Western Province, who were
defeated by 5-0. There was quite a large
attendance, which included the Governor of
Cape Town.

During our stay at Cape Town we were
most hospitably entertained, and were driven
to many places of interest around Table
Mountain.

On leaving Cape Town we had a journey
of nearly 900 miles to King William's Town.
The train was very slow, rarely exceeding 20
miles an hour ; but we passed some interesting
scenery, and what with stoppages and cards
we managed to amuse ourselves pretty well.
Vickers had sprained his ankle at Cape Town
and was left behind, but he caught us up
shortly after, together with Burnup and Bray,
who had stayed behind to play in the 'Varsity
cricket match. We beat King William's Town
by 6-1. During our stay we had a delightful
drive of some thirty miles through very rough
yet grand country, and visited a Kaffir " kraal. "
Leaving here, we arrived at Queenstown. After
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London, where we were yet again victorious
by 4-0. At all these towns we received a
warm welcome from every one, and were most
hospitably entertained, picnics and banquets
being arranged for us, and everything done
to make our visit a pleasant one.

We next went to Johannesburg, and after
defeating them and the Transvaal, each by
3-1, the old Natalians caught us on an off
day, and we could only make a draw of 1-1
with them. The travelling was now beginning
to tell on us, and the hard, dry grounds were
most trying to one's feet.

Next we visited Pretoria, where we had the
interesting experience of paying a visit to
President Kriiger. We found him exactly as
his portraits represent him, smoking, of course,
the inevitable pipe. His first remark was to
ask us if we were Rhodes's men, and when
Topham replied in the negative he seemed
much pleased. After talking some time on
general topics he wished us all a good time,
and we departed, little dreaming, perhaps, tljat
the world would so soon be ringing with his
name.

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yet another victory to our credit by defeating
them 9-0.

From Pretoria we returned to Johannesburg,
where the first test match took place against
South Africa. It was an excellent game, but
the Corinthians' back division always seemed
to have the measure of the opposing forwards,
and with Topham and Stanbrough in great
form, we won by 3-0.

At Johannesburg a cricket match was
arranged, which we also won. The opposing
side had Halliwell, Sinclair, and Tancred
among their number, besides other well-known
players.

A most enjoyable dance was held here in
our honour, and Mr. Bailey invited us to a
shooting party, where we had an excellent
time. A visit to the Robinson Mine, where
every stage of the vast undertaking was de-
scribed to us, proved most interesting.

Leaving Johannesburg, we next journeyed to
Pietermaritzburg, passing the famous Majuba
Hill on the way. During our stay here we
visited Tetelaka, a friendly chief, who lived in
a kraal 900 feet above the town. Besides
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proud possessor of a very fine set of false
teeth! The match here we won by i-o, and
were afterwards most hospitably entertained
by the officers of the garrison at Port Napier.

Our next stopping place was Durban, and
we were all delighted to find a ground with
grass, the first since leaving Cape Town.
Another victory by 3-0 over Durban, and on
August 19 we played the second test match,
which we won somewhat easily by 4-1.

From Durban we went to Bloemfontein.
Here our goal-keeper Campbell had the bad
luck to split his knee-cap, which prevented his
taking further part in the tour. Still con-
tinuing our victorious career, we beat the
Orange Free State by 6-2 and Griqualand
West 10- 1, the largest score we had yet
amassed.

We paid a most interesting visit while at
Kimberley to the great De Beers Mines, and
saw the various tribes of Kaffirs and Zulus
execute their war-dances in the compound.
Putting on canvas clothes, we were taken to
the bottom of the 1500 ft. level, and saw
the many wonderful appliances employed for
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were shown a pile of diamonds, representing
in value many thousands of pounds.

Another test match took place on August
31 against Cape Colony, the Corinthians win-
ning a somewhat one-sided game by 6-0.
The following day we opposed King William's
Town, who succumbed to the amount of 9-1
at our hands. In this match Vickers took
Campbell's place in goal, and continued in
that position throughout the rest of the tour,
proving himself as able between the posts as
he did in stopping the rushes of the opposition
before he met with his injury.

After another victory of 8-0 over Grahams-
town, we arrived at Port Elizabeth, glad to get
a glimpse of the sea and the beautiful scenery
around. Here we were taken over the
Hawarden Castle^ the boat by which we
were to return from Cape Town. The same
afternoon we, played Port Elizabeth, and won
once more by 3-0. A second match, too, was
arranged with die Cape Town team; and,
curiously enough, for a second time, too, we
found the ground under water. However, our
team rose superior to these difficulties, and
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them 6-3. Our opponents played a capital
game, and showed much better combination
than in the former match, having no doubt
benefited by experience.

The last test match took place on Monday,
September 13, against Cape Colony. The
game was perhaps one of the best of the tour,
and was fought out with tremendous vigour
and pace from start to finish. The better com-
bination of the Corinthians told, and they won
amidst much enthusiasm by 2-1. Thus ended
the tour.

During our many travels we had played 23
matches, of which we won 21 and drew 2,
scoring 113 goals against 15. It was a fine
performance, since only 14 men took part in
the tour, and what with the hard grounds,
entertainments, and long journeys, few escaped
scatheless, and the continual work had told
considerably on every one. Almost our last
act was to climb Table Mountain, and next
day we embarked on the Hawarden Castle^
and, after a most enjoyable voyage, arrived
in London on October 3.

That the tour was a success in every way is
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great superiority of the Corinthians on the
field ; the large attendances at the matches,
and the interest shown at all the places visited,
testify to the popularity of the game in South
Africa. A real disadvantage to the perfecting
of the game at the time of this tour was the
lack of really good grounds. They were all,
of course, hard, but the majority were also
very uneven. It was seldom the Corinthians
could play their true passing game with any
hope of accuracy, and their being compelled
to adapt their style of play to the various
conditions possibly prevented the best results
being attained from the tour. Still, that a great
impetus was given to Association was affirmed
on all sides, and the second visit of the team
in 1903 found South African football in a
much advanced state.

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SOUTH AFRICA, 1903

By W. U. TIMMIS

The team, which consisted of T. S. Row-
landson (goal) ; P. L. Hollins, W. U. Timmis
(backs); A. F. Leach- Lewis, C. Wreford-
Brown, J. G. Birch (half-backs) ; G. S. D.
Rider, F. H. Bryant, J. E. Balfour- Melville,
G. L. Mellin, and H. S. Snell (forwards),
sailed from Southampton in the Union Castle
ship Dunnottar Castle on June 13. Mrs.
Wreford-Brown, the wife of the Corinthian
captain, also accompanied the party. The
start from England was very unpropitious,
as heavy rain began to fall as the boat train
was on its way, and London had the very
exceptional experience of i\ inches of rain,
which never abated for thirty-six hours. How-
ever, the boat soon left this behind, and after
a calm passage across the Bay of Biscay we
arrived at Madeira on June 17, and went up
the mountain for breakfast, where we had
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and vines. We also had a most delightful
ride in toboggans down the steep track —
the nervous man being perhaps too agitated
at the wonderful way in which the natives
stop the toboggan, when it seems to be going
about twenty miles an hour. We saw mighty
Teneriffe, and passed Cape Verde on the 20th,
after which no more land was seen for ten days.
Several members of the team were very suc-
cessful in the sports, notably Leach-Lewis,
who, in the turtle pull, defeated a fellow-
passenger, who had often been on the same
voyage, and acknowledged he had never
been beaten before; but then Leach- Lewis
scales fifteen stone. Owing to a strong sea
running against us, we were rather late in
arriving at Cape Town, which was reached
on the morning of the last day of June, about
eleven o'clock, Table Mountain showing in
all its glory in the splendid sunlight. The
team was welcomed very kindly by the
Mayor of Cape Town. The next day every
one went down to get some practice on the
ground at Green Point, a fine ground with
plenty of soft grass. The sun at midday
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England in July or August, so we seldom
used to start matches till after 4 p.m. The
first match was against the Colonial Born
on July 2, and we won by 8-2. The
game had made great strides in South
Africa since the visit of the first Corinthian
team during the summer of 1897, so many
Colonial athletes having taken up football.
The Colonials found the combination of
Mellin, Bryant, and Snell too good for them ;
and Mellin, with his fine physique, often
went right through the opposing defence
on his own.

The next day a visit was paid to Groote
Schur, where the team were very kindly
entertained by Mr. Le Sueur, the secretary
of Mr. Rhodes's trustees; and we enjoyed
heartily seeing the magnificent estate and
house of the great man, with its many
wonderful treasures.

Saturday began with a heavy downpour,
but it cleared up for a short time in the after-
noon, and over 8000 people were on the
ground at Green Point, for the second match
of the tour against the Western Province XI.
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of the game the Corinthians were attacking,
but the gale which was blowing from our
goal made it difficult for the half-backs to
pass accurately, and many good openings
were lost through the ball going over the
line. The first goal came from a beautiful
pass to Snell from Mellin, who had received
the ball from Wreford-Brown, and Snell,
running through, scored with a hot shot.
The score had not increased at half-time,
Stiles saving splendidly on several occasions.
Afterwards, with the rain descending in tor-
rents, and the gale from the sea increasing
in force, the Corinthians were very hard put
to it to save their goal. However, after
the Western Province had equalised from a
penalty, given for an accidental hands outside
the fatal area, Wreford-Brown instilled fresh
life into his men, and Balfour-Melville scored
after a fine piece of work. The game ended
with two goals to one in our favour. The
Western Province halves played a great
game for their side.

The Mayor of Cape Town entertained the
team at the Mount Nelson Hotel in the even-
ing, and expressed the hope that several mem-

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bers would settle in the Colony, following the
example of S. S. Taylor, A. N. Greig, and
J. E. Grievson of the 1897 team. He also
referred to the coincidence of that team
having come out with three sisters on the
same boat — one being now married to Taylor
and another to Grievson ; perhaps

The team left Cape Town next day, and
travelled to Kimberley for the next match.
We arrived in Kimberley, after two nights
in the train, on Tuesday morning. At
Kimberley the offices of De Beers proved
very interesting, and some of the party went
down a diamond mine. It was also a grand
sight to watch the blasting operations from
the edge of a big open mine, the smoke
shooting out after each report 500 feet
below.

The match against the Griqualand West
team, which included five members of the
Cape Mounted Police, all strong, hard players,
took place on July 8. A close struggle
delighted the spectators, although, in the
end, their tremendous efforts seemed to tell
on the Kimberley team. They did, indeed,
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was too much for them, and they were
defeated by 3-1. Bryant played splendidly
among the Corinthian forwards. The ground
was very hard, and when the British
Rugby team toured in South Africa shortly
after and played there, they called it the
graveyard.

From Kimberley we went by mule- waggons
across the veldt to Bloemfontein, staying for
a couple of hours at Paardeberg to admire the
Boer trenches. We slept for one night at a
farm, where, as all the doors and windows
were missing, it was bitterly cold. The second
day we reached Bloemfontein very late and
very tired, so that on the morrow, July n, we
did not do ourselves justice against Bloem-
fontein, the result being a draw, 0-0. Row-
landson saved magnificently when we were
hard pressed in the last twenty minutes.

On Monday, July 13, we played the Orange
River Colony before about 5000 spectators,
and after a much better exhibition of com-
bined play, defeated the Colonials by one goal
to love. The O.R.C. team included four army
men, and had at centre half M'Pherson, the
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Notts Forest team when they won the Eng-
lish Cup. He still retained much of his old
skill, especially in passing with his head.
Stevenson at outside right had played a splen-
did game for Bloemfontein, but Birch looked
after him excellently. The only goal came
from a beautiful run by Bryant from the
middle of the field, where, getting clear away
on the right, he scored in the far corner of
the net.* During our stay in Bloemfontein
we were entertained to luncheon by Mr.
Wilson, the acting governor, and we also
visited the headquarters of the South African
Constabulary.

The team then journeyed on to Johannes-
burg, and arrived in the early morning of
July 15, after a sleepless night in the train.
The same day we played Johannesburg on
the splendid arena of the Wanderers' ground.
Rider had a finger trodden on and broken in
the last match, so S. S. Taylor kindly turned
out for us. About twenty minutes from time
we were leading by 3-0, but tiring percep-
tibly, we came very near defeat. Newton,
Thorne, and White (the cricketer) gave a
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feinting being especially prominent. They
equalised within five minutes of time, and
the game finished with 3 goals to either
side.

On July 17, O. T. Norris, W. J. H. Cur-
wen, and S. F. Peshall, who had come out in
the Carisbrook Castle, joined us in Johannes-
burg. The same day we paid a visit to the
Robinson Gold Mine. We went down the
mine itself, and observed the formation and
extraction of the reef; and then Mr. Price, the
manager, and Mr. Goldmann explained the
processes of separating the gold, until we
finally had the joy of handling a finished bar
worth over ^3000.

The next match against the Transvaal took
place on the same ground on July 18, and
this time we won by 2-1. The game was a
very good one indeed, the Corinthian forwards
and halves playing wonderfully well together.
O. T. Norris came into the team at back,
H oil ins playing half. Curwen played as out-
side left, as Snell, owing to heart trouble,
felt quite unable to stand the strain of violent
exercise in so high an altitude as Johannes-
burg. The knowledge of our opponents'

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tactics, gained in the last match, helped us to
victory, as the insider Newton, Thorne, and
White never found the same game. There
were about 7000 spectators. Two days after
we played the Wanderers, including J. H.
Sinclair, the famous cricketer, and won by
6-0. The next day we journeyed to Pretoria,
where Mr. Sass very kindly entertained us in
the evening to a delightful representation of
" Sweet Nell of Old Drury. ,,

On July '22 we played Pretoria, and won
by 3-2. A strong wind made the game rather
unscientific, and there were too many duels
in long kicking between the backs. Bryant
played a beautiful game, and our goals were
chiefly the result of his passes.

The next evening we returned to Johannes-
burg to prepare for the test match on the
25th, for which we were able to put our full
strength into the field. Lord Milner and his
staff came to watch the game, and there were
about 7000 people present. White and Upton
on the South African left, combining well,
were responsible for many dangerous attacks ;
but they found N orris impregnable, Leach-
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SOUTH AFRICA, 1903 75

heading. At half-time the score was blank.
Soon after Hollins centred, and Mellin, re-
ceiving from Bryant, drew first blood. Then
Bryant ran through twice from midfield, and
easily scored. The South Africans seemed
to be played out by their strenuous efforts
in the first hour ; or perhaps Wreford-Brown,
Birch, and Leach - Lewis had obtained the
measure of their forwards.

The Corinthian combination was now like a
machine in its accuracy ; but much of their
success was due to Bryant, who, after feeding
his wing man for the greater part of the game,
and forcing Somersall to watch him, suddenly
changed his tactics and went through on his
own account. He broke away and scored a
fourth goal, and just before the close, Balfour-
Melville, running right in, put the ball back to
Mellin, who registered a fifth. Heeley played
a fine defensive game for the South Africans,
and Walker, too, was very conspicuous.

In replying for the Corinthians at a
banquet in the evening, Wreford-Brown re-
ferred to the difficulty of the men com-
bining in a picked team, and said the score
(5-0) did not represent the merits of the

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South Africans. He preferred to judge the
football from the other matches of the tour,
and was sure the standard of play was much
higher than it had ever been before. As to
impartiality of the crowd, South Africa set an
excellent example.

On the following Monday, after playing a
cricket match against Mr. Sinclair's XL, in
which we only made 105, and they 141 for 5,
chiefly due to a fine innings of 60 by Sinclair
himself, we left in the evening for Ladysmith.
Our hosts in the Transvaal had been most
kind and hospitable. The next morning we
saw Majuba and Dundee and Elands Laagte.
At Ladysmith we examined the remains of the
siege in the Town Hall, and visited Wagon
Hill and Caesar's Camp. In the afternoon of
the 29th took place a match with Northern
Natal, which ended in our favour by 2-1, after
a very well contested game. The Natal team
played a hard, robust game, and Bailey at
outside left sent in some fine shots. Travelling
on to Pietermaritzburg, we saw in the clear
atmosphere all the landmarks round Colenso,
and the first view of Maritzburg in the plains,
hundreds of feet below, was very grand.

SOUTH AFRICA, 1903 77

During our stay there we visited the Umgeni
Falls, about 360 feet high, and a fine sight it
was. We found the town a most enjoyable
place, with many good shops, and the streets
well paved and clean.

On Saturday, August 1, we played Maritz-
burg before a large and enthusiastic audience,
including many ladies. Our opponents scored
first, but after half-time our men went at it with
a will, and "made rings" round the Maritz-
burg defence. They seemed, however, unable
to score, till at last Bryant took a good pass
from Birch, and eluding the defence, placed
the ball in the corner of the net. Hollins with
a beautiful shot, following a free kick, put the
Corinthians ahead, and the whistle went soon
after.

The next day, Sunday, C. D. M'lver, who
had travelled out on the Saxon after playing
in the 'Varsity cricket match, joined us, and
we left for Durban. Here we had our first
defeat of the tour. The ground was rather
uneven, but poor shooting was the real cause
of our failure to score at all, and in the last
minute of the game a clever run by Wilson on
the right wing for Durban led to the only goal

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of the match. He was carried shoulder high
from the field. The Durban team certainly
won through their dogged persistence. Two
days after, on August 5, we had our revenge,
defeating Natal by 1-0. For Natal, Chalmers
and Vogler, who has since earned great dis-
tinction on the cricket field, played splendidly
at back, and Louese in goal was excellent.
Extraordinary interest was taken in the match,
and many thought it the finest struggle ever
seen in Durban.

While at Durban we took the opportunity
of climbing the Bluff, from which the view
was magnificent ; on one side being the ocean,
where lay the Saxon at anchor, and on the
other the signs of the marvellous progress of
Durban, forty thousand tons of shipping lying
alongside the wharves, where five years ago
cricket was played on the sand. We left
Durban on August 6, and had a very unplea-
sant half-hour going out on a tug to the Saxon,
until we were hoisted on board in a basket.
The next morning we entered the Buffalo
River at East London in another tug. East
London is growing very fast, land fetching an
enormous price in the neighbourhood, We

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travelled on by train to King William's Town,
where we played the local team on Saturday,
August 8, and again won by the odd goal.
The ground was very bumpy, which made
accurate passing difficult. Bryant scored our
first goal with a fine shot, and the local men
equalised soon after half-time ; but afterwards
the Corinthian forwards were always bearing
down on the opposite goal, and Hollins placed
his side ahead with a well-judged kick, taking
a long pass from Snell on the run. Birch
played a fine game at half for the Corinthians,
and Snell, after a long rest, seemed to be much
stronger, and to have got back his old form.
In the evening we witnessed in the Gymnasium
an excellent display of physical drill, dumb-
bells, and club-swinging by the young men of
the town and their sisters, who had all been
trained to a wonderful efficiency.

On Monday we returned to East London,
and were delighted to find a ground covered
with soft grass, on which our forwards and
halves were able to do themselves justice,
and gain another victory by 4-0. Rowland-
son's powerful kicking and cool clearances
were much appreciated by the large attend-

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ance. Mellin shot beautifully, two of his left-
foot drives being very fine efforts.

At a banquet in the evening Wreford-Brown
referred to some of the grounds in South
Africa — the hard ground of Kimberley,
another where one had to climb a kopje to
the goal, and a third where the centre occa-
sionally sprang out of a trench ; but East
London was excellent The next day we
had a picnic on the Buffalo, which, as soon
as the launch had passed the shipping, re-
minded one of the wooded banks of the
Thames, though the cliff in one place is over
300 feet high.

The team then journeyed on to play Queens-
town, where we had a distinct fright, being 2
goals down at half-time. However, we managed
to pull through, obtaining 3 goals by Snell and
M'lver, the results of brilliant efforts on the
left. The local team played a keen, vigorous
game, and Wilson was very speedy on the
wing. A few miles out of Queenstown, we
visited the Bongolo reservoir, built for ,£50,000,
to supply the town with water, one of South
Africa's great difficulties. The next match
was at Cradock, v. the Midlands. Cradock

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is in the Karoo, about 3000 feet above sea-
level, and is a growing health resort, owing
to sulphur springs. Ostrich farms are very
numerous in the district. In the market stands
a beautiful Dutch church.

The ground at Cradock is very even, and
just suited the Corinthian game, and on the
hard, sandy surface they played beautiful foot-
ball, and won by 6-0.

The next place we visited was Grahams-
town, called, for its churches, the City of the
Saints. The view from the hills on the south
is superb. The Indian Ocean can be seen
twenty miles away, and to the north the snow-
clad mountains. Grahamstown was founded
by some of the original settlers from Port
Elizabeth in the twenties, and is a great place
for schools. St. Andrews College lost more
old boys during the war than any other school
in South Africa or Great Britain. On August
19 we played the local team, and won by 3-0.

We also defeated the local team at cricket,
Wreford- Brown doing the hat-trick. The in-
habitants of Grahamstown were most hospi-
table, and we were sorry to leave their pleasant
company for Port Elizabeth, where, after pass-

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ing some beautifully wooded hill scenery, we
arrived on August 21. The next day, Satur-
day, we defeated Port Elizabeth by 5-0, and
on Monday the Eastern Province by 4-1.
The Corinthian front line played brilliantly in
both games, M'lver and Bryant being very pro-
minent, and Mellin shooting grandly, Combe-
Hall, the old Blackburn Rover, played well for
our opponents in both matches. The second
game was rather spoilt by the rough tactics
of our opponents. At Uitenhage, whither we
next travelled, we had a very hard game, on a
rough ground, and only Rowlandson's splendid
work in goal gave us a victory by 1-0. Then
we had a long journey to Kimberley for the
return match. Stopping on the way, we in-
spected the trenches at Magersfontein. We
defeated Kimberley by 6-0, Bryant being in
great form.

The tour was now drawing to a close, and
we had to retrace our steps to Cape Town for
the last two matches. Here we were taken for
a drive of forty miles, and had an opportunity
of seeing the grandeur of Table Mountain.

The first of the two matches was on Sep-
tember 3 with the Western Province, and the

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result was the same as in the former contest, 2-1
in our favour. Great interest was taken in the
game, but the Corinthians on the whole did
not do themselves justice, perhaps saving them-
selves for the test match. Still, they had much
the best of the game.

The South Africans had pinned their faith
on their team for the test match on Septem-
ber 5, thinking it stronger than at Johannes-
burg, and they hoped for a good fight. M'lver
scored first after a run by Balfour-Melville.
Soon after this Newton twisted his knee, and
had eventually to retire, a substitute being
found in Commaills. At half-time Bryant
strained his thigh and retired, and so we de-
cided to play ten a side. The four Corinthian
forwards played beautifully, and pierced the
South African defence thrice more, the whistle
leaving the Corinthians victors by 4-0. It
was probably one of the best games played by
the team during the tour, and it was delightful
to see the perfect understanding between the
players, whose short passing completely wore
down the South Africans. It was hard on
Bryant, after playing so well all through the
tour, to have to retire in the last match. On

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our last evening Wreford- Brown expressed a
hope that the South Africans had benefited as
much by the tour as we had, and thanked
them all heartily for their great kindness.

The summary of the tour — 25 matches
played, 22 won, 1 lost, and 2 drawn, goals
78-18 — is not quite so good as that of the
1897 team, who lost no match, and scored 100
goals ; but football has progressed. Wherever
the grounds were good, the scores were large.

The Corinthian team left Cape Town for
England on the R.M.S. Walmer Castle on
September 9 in bright sunshine, typical of the
Cape at its best, and reached Southampton
in a thick fog on Saturday, September 26.
After having been away from England for fifteen
weeks, we were glad to see green fields once
more. Wreford- Brown was a splendid skipper
both on and off the field, and we were all sorry
to break up the party at Waterloo.

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Corinthians in Budapest

HUNGARIAN TOUR, 1904

The Easter of 1904 was the first time in the
history of the club that the Corinthians under-
took a continental tour. G. O. Smith and
W. J. Oakley had almost brought arrange-
ments to a conclusion for a visit to Austria
and Germany two years before, but unforeseen
obstacles intervened and the tour fell through
at the eleventh hour. Both Oxford and Cam-
bridge had visited Austria and Hungary since
that time, and had brought back accounts of
the rapid strides the game had made in those
parts, and of the keen interest which was shown
in their visit. So, as it was thought that a tour
farther afield would be a change from the West
of England tour which had been the pro-
gramme for some time, an invitation was
accepted from the Magyar Athletikai Club
of Budapest to play seven matches to be
arranged by them.

Our team of fourteen included B. O. Corbett,

W. J. H. Curwen, S. H. Day, H. A. Lowe,

85

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L. J. Moon, M. Morgan-Owen, W. J. Oakley,
G. O. Smith, W. U. Timmis, G. C. Vassall,
H. Vickers, G. E. Wilkinson, I. G. Wither-
ington, O. E. Wreford-Brown. All but Smith
and Oakley started by the night boat for
Flushing on March 30.

It would have been a formidable lot against
any of our English professional sides, and
that we should come back with a good record
was inevitable; but when a side has long
railway journeys to make, and is subjected to
much entertainment, to have a balance on the
right side in proficiency is a most desirable
possession. Dinner at Victoria occasioned
considerable misgivings in the minds of one
or two as to how long the interval would
be before the next meal, for the wind was
howling outside and it takes seven hours to
cross to Flushing! A comfortable carriage
and "bridge" soon brought us to the boat,
and it was not long before the worst was,
known. At six o'clock next morning we
landed, one or two a little "green," and
having small appetite for the coffee and "rolls
which was all we could obtain. The journey
across to Budapest took us through Hanover,

HUNGARIAN TOUR, 1904 87

Dresden, and Vienna. The country is not
very interesting till one reaches the southern
parts of Germany, and this we did, unfortu-
nately, just as the light was beginning to fade*
"Bridge" once more, with short intervals for
meals, came to our rescue, and after a some-
what uncomfortable night on the train, we
reached Vienna at eight o'clock next morning.
An amusing incident occurred as we crossed
the frontier. All our luggage was taken to
the customs for examination, and we were
congratulating ourselves on having escaped
without opening any of our larger trunks,
when one belonging to Vickers was suddenly
seized on by the customs officers. It so
happened that its owner had disappeared, and
after angrily demanding keys from the rest
of the party, who tried in vain to explain
matters, without more ado two porters burst
the locks with a crowbar, and after carefully
leaving the greasy print of their fingers on
his dress-shirts, were successful enough to
unearth a large number of cigars at the very
moment their owner appeared on the scene.
There were only a few minutes before the
train started, and when we saw Vickers,

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talking hard in English, disappear with two
sworded officials, talking hard in German, we
thought he at any rate of our party would be left
behind. However, Vickers' infectious geniality
once more won the day, and he reappeared a
few moments later with his companions, all
wreathed in smiles and all smoking enormous
cigars. His box was fastened up by the
offending porters with the utmost care, and
we learned he brought through a large number
of cigars without paying any duty at all. At
Vienna we were surprised to find several of
our hosts from Budapest awaiting us. They
had travelled up the night before to meet us
and accompany us into Hungary. It was a
most kindly thought on their part, and was
only the first of many kindnesses we ex-
perienced at the hands of the Hungarians.
They brought us, too, a paper, which had
been specially printed in English, to welcome
us. Arriving at Budapest about three o'clock,
we found the station thronged with people, and
making our way with difficulty to half-a-dozen
motors, we were dashed off to the Hungaria
Hotel, thankful at last to be able to get a bath
and change of clothes. Our quarters were

HUNGARIAN TOUR, 1904 89

most comfortable, all our rooms overlooking
the Danube, and in full view of the fortress,
perched up on the hill beyond. It was a
particularly fine sight at night, with the thou-
sands of twinkling lights dancing over the
water and the hillside.

As our match did not begin till four o'clock
next day, we had plenty of time for sight-
seeing. The two towns, Buda on the right
bank, and Pesth on the left of the Danube,
were formed into one city in 1872. The
former is the old capital of Hungary, and is
at the present time considerably smaller than
Pesth, which has grown with great rapidity
during more modern times, and contains some
very fine streets, public parks, and buildings.
Among other places of interest, we went over
the Houses of Parliament and the Palace of
Justice, the interior decorations of the former
being especially magnificent We also paid
a visit to the Magyar Athletikai Club, where
we were to play our three matches in Buda-
pest. It is situated on Margaret Island in
the Danube, and, as its name implies, is not
only a football ground. Polo and tennis are
also played there, and it has a comfortable

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club-house fitted up luxuriously, and decorated
with all kinds of sports' records. The ground
was, as we found to be the case with most
continental ones, on the small side, but though
it had little grass, the surface was quite good.

Football in Hungary owes its origin to
Mr. Charles Iszer, who nine years ago intro-
duced the game in Budapest. Helped by
Messrs. Ray and Yolland, whose athletic ex-
perience proved of great value, the game at
once took hold of the popular fancy, and its
success, both as an attraction to the crowd
and a rival to the insidious coffee-house atmos-
phere, was secured at once. The first match
took place in 1897 against the Vienna Cricket
and Football Club, and from this time other
clubs quickly followed the example of the
Torna Club.

The Hungarian Football Association was
formed some five years ago. It has divided
the teams of the capital into two divisions
for the purpose of league matches. It controls
the players of the various clubs, and is very
strict about qualifications, thus attempting to
put a stop to the growing tendency to filch
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far professionalism has been avoided, and such
a thing as a professional team seems to be,
as far as Hungary is concerned, relegated to
a very distant future.

Besides Mr. Iszer, the father of Hungarian
football, the names of Mr. Friedrich Nandor,
who has been the chief factor in arranging
so many successful tours to Austria- Hungary,
and Mr. Alfred Brtthl must be mentioned as
having much to do with the success of the
game. With so many keen and good sports-
men ready to give their time and support, the
outlook for Association football in Hungary
should be especially bright.

Our first match was against the Magyar
Testgyakorl6k Kore, and was played before
a large crowd. There is little to be said of
the actual game beyond the fact that we won
by 6-a Still, in spite of this large balance in
our favour, our opponents played up hard to
the last minute, and if pluck and energy could
have altered matters, we might have had a
very stiff match.

We were entertained that night at dinner
by our opponents of the afternoon, and the
following day we were the guests at luncheon

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of the Magyar Athletikai Club on Margaret
Island. A dinner and a concert, where we
heard one of the famous Hungarian bands,
was also given in our honour by Mr. Brtthl,
whose hospitality we experienced on several
other occasions.

The second match was played on April 4,
against the Budapesti Torna Club. Our side
had now been strengthened by the arrival of
G. O. Smith and W. J. Oakley, just in time
for the game, and though they had been
travelling for two days, they both turned out
and were in excellent form. S. H. Day, too,
played a great game, and shot a goal in a
manner one rarely sees. He found himself
some six yards from his opponents' goal, with
his back to the goal-line and the ball in front
of him, and being tackled on either side, he
dexterously back -heeled the ball into the
corner of the net, much to the goal-keeper's
amazement, who made no effort to save it.
When time was called we were victorious
by 9-0.

Next day we motored to the Royal Palace
within the fortress, both of which are full of
interest. The palace was completed by Maria

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Theresa in 1771, and though destroyed in the
middle of last century, has since been restored
with great magnificence. The view from the
terrace over the Danube is very fine.

That afternoon we met the Magyar Ath-
letikai Club, who, we were told, were going
to make a great effort not to be defeated by
a larger margin than our earlier victims. In
this, however, they were destined to be dis-
appointed, for we won by 12-0. In our three
matches we had won by 27-0, but in spite of
this huge total, in no game did our opponents
relax their efforts, but went their hardest from
start to finish. This, I think, speaks well for
the future of the game in Hungary. If, as
our captain mentioned at the farewell banquet
given by the city that evening, they were
ready to take a beating in a thoroughly sports-
manlike manner, they were also ready to take
a few hints from a team with a far greater ex-
perience of the game, and when the Corinthians
next had the good fortune to visit Budapest
they would have to be prepared to play on con-
siderably more even terms. We left Budapest
next morning full of regrets that so pleasant a
stay had come to an end. And so to Vienna.

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As we had but one match to play in Vienna,
our stay was a short one; but we managed
to do a certain amount of sight-seeing. We
drove round the Ringstrasse, and after seeing
many of the magnificent buildings for which
Vienna is so famous, went on to Schonbrunn,
the Emperor's palace on the outskirts of the
city. We returned in time to see the changing
of the guard, which, by-the-bye, is composed
of troops from the lately annexed Bosnia, in the
H of burg Palace — a most interesting sight.

On reaching the ground, we found a large
crowd waiting. As at Buda the ground was
on the small side, and the surface being very
uneven and hard, it was difficult to get a
good control of the ball, and play suffered
in consequence. Our opponents, moreover,
were constantly breaking rules, and after gain-
ing a lead of 7-1 we took matters easily, and
at the call of time the score stood unchanged.

We paid a visit that night to the Opera
House, and next day started for Prague, vid
Brunn. After winding our way for several
hours through the mountain passes of Bohemia
amidst delightful scenery, we arrived late that
night " beside the Moldau's rushing stream."

HUNGARIAN TOUR, 1904 95

Prague is without doubt one of the most
interesting cities of Europe. It teems with
old palaces and churches, ancient bridges and
Rathauses, and has a quaint powder tower.
On the Karlsbrucke Bridge is a statue of
St. John of Nepomuk, the patron saint of
Bohemia, who is said to have been thrown
from this bridge by order of King Wenzel
in 1383. We also saw the quaint old Jewish
churchyard, the oldest in existence.

We had a most enjoyable picnic one day at
an old castle at Karlstejn, where they have a
room in one of the topmost turrets whose walls
are completely covered with garnets. The
effect of the different shades of light on the
stones is very beautiful.

We had arranged to play two matches at
Prague, each against the Slavia F.C., and
we won the first by 7-4, and the second
by 4-1. Several of our side were suffering
from the hard grounds, and, moreover, here
we met with football of a very different order
to that which we had experienced in Austria-
Hungary. They have played the game much
longer here, and have met stronger teams
than their neighbours farther south, and we-

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certainly had to work hard for victory. Their
forwards were all fast, and had very fair com-
bination, being fed well by their halves, all
of whom were of the sturdy order. However,
Oakley played a great game at back, and
with G. O. Smith, Day, and Moon combining
beautifully among the forwards, we managed
to more than hold our own.

Several of our team visited some of the
numerous antique shops in the Jewish quarter,
and, with the help of friends, bought quite a
quantity of old furniture, pewter, and garnets.
If one is prepared to haggle with a Jewish
shopkeeper, one can often secure quite reason-
able bargains.

We were entertained that night at the public
hall, where, after many speeches, G. O. Smith
was made the object of flattering though some-
what embarrassing attentions, being chaired
round the hall to the strains of the National
Anthem !

Timmis and Wreford- Brown now left us,
having to return to England, so we started
for Leipzig with only twelve men, several of
whom were suffering from strains, and most
from foot-soreness. Still, we added another

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A Corinthian Team v. A French Team, Paris, 1904.

C.E.Wilkinson. H. A. Ij>we. S.H.Day. II. Vickers. W.J. Oakley. I- J. Moon. H. O. C. Bcaslev. W. P. Blore.
W. li. HanseU. C. Wrefard- Brown. G. O. Smith. \V. F. Stanbrough. II. O. Corbett.

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Castle at Karlstejn.

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victory to our list by beating the Verein fiir
Bewegungsspiele by 4-1.

This ended our tour, at least as far as the
Corinthian fixtures were concerned. We had
played seven matches, of which seven were
won, with a goal average of 49 to 7 in our
favour. By far the best football we found
played at Prague; but they were apt to
overdo the passing game, and though fast,
their forwards made little headway for this
reason. We prophesied that in a few years'
time they would give any of our professional
teams a good game, and they more than ful-
filled this prophecy by beating one of our
best Southern League elevens last Easter.
It was decided, after our return to England,
to offer a cup to the Magyar Athletikai Club
to be competed for by amateur teams. A
competition has since been started and is
managed on strictly amateur lines.

Although not strictly a Corinthian match,
another game was awaiting the majority of us,
for Mr. W. P. Blore had arranged an eleven
to play a picked team of France. After
travelling up the Rhine Valley together, at
Roosendal we left Lowe, Vassall, Morgan-

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Owen, and Witherington to hurry back to
England, and travelled through Belgium to
Paris. Here our forces were augmented by
the arrival of C. Wreford-Brown, H. O. C.
Beasley, and W. F. Stanbrough. Our match
was to be played in the Pare des Princes,
and when we found ourselves drawn up for
battle we were in rather a sorry plight, for
the three new arrivals were the only ones
who could be considered entirely whole. Our
opponents pressed from the outset, and within
some twenty-three minutes of time were lead-
ing by 4-2, when suddenly, by a judicious
rearrangement of the forwards, who up to now
had shown little combination, we pulled our-
selves together, and shooting goal after goal,
won by 11-4. In the face of such rapid
scoring it is not to be wondered at that the
Frenchmen showed signs of falling to pieces ;
but they had played with tremendous dash the
first half, and were probably somewhat spent
when the final effort arrived.

The following amusing account of the game
appeared in La Revue Sportive next day : —

" Parler des joueurs anglais me semble t€m€raire.
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mon admiration et ma joie surtout d'avoir vu jouer le
football association commc je rfivais qu'il dtait peut-
etre possible de le jouer. Ainsi des hommes peuvent
rgellement passer tous leurs adversaires sans les
toucher, des hommes peuvent se servir d'un ballon
avec une telle precision qu'il va oil ils veulent qu'il
aille, lui donnent un effet qui est ndcessaire pour une
passe, des hommes surtout jouent pour que leur tquipe
gagne. Voil& qui ne se voit pas chez nous, des
hommes qui ne pensent pas que demain les journaux
sportifs diront qui a marqud les points, il leur suffira
de savoir que l'dquipe dont ils portaient les couleurs
a remportt la victoire.

" Et c'est cela seulement que je retiens de cet utile
enseignement : l'esprit d'dquipe.

" II n'y a pas, k mon avis, de raison pour que nos
joueurs fran^ais ne deviennent pas aussi adroits que
les Anglais, en r£servant, bien entendu, la condition
sine qua non d'un entralnement bien compris et s€rieux ;
en somme, nous avons d6j& Canelle. Mais ce qui me
paralt impossible k obtenir, c'est que les personnalites
disparaissent pour ne laisser qu'une ligne de joueurs
011 il n'est pas possible de savoir lequel porte le jeu
chez les adversaires parce que tous participent au
mouvement; a-t-on vu W. J. Oakley ou Beasley
faire une descente? s'est-on aper^u des dribblings
de R. Corbett ou de Moon? G. O. Smith a-t-il
shoots ? Autant de questions impossibles k r€soudre,
les cinq hommes dtaient Ik ensemble, dont les passes,
courtes ou longues, paraissaient n'etre qu'un crochet
fait en pleine vitesse et si, par hasard, la balle ren-
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joueur fran^ais, il se trouvait Ik un demi qui donnait
un petit coup de pied pas mlchant mais si precis que
les avants pouvaient reprendre leur course presque
sans I' avoir interrompue; et si, par un fort ddgage-
ment d'Allemane ou de Canelle, le jeu partait vers
1'autre camp, les arri&res anglais se contentaient de
remettre le ballon aux demis comme s'ils leur avaient
donn£ commission de le porter aux avants et Beau
voyait la balle entrer dans ses filets k gauche quand
il dtait k droite, parce que Wquipe devait marquer et
qu'un joueur avait, par une passe, sacrifie sa chance
d'envoyer la balle dans les mains du gardien du but
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de points? Peut-etre 10, peut-£tre 250. Peu im-
porte. lis etaient venus, nous a dit G. O. Smith,
parce qu'ils croyaient que leur presence dtait utile au
football association, c'est vrai ; d6)k des essais ont 6t6
faits sur differents terrains : au Club Fran^ais, au
Racing ; des resolutions ont €t€ prises : par Allemane
et d'autres qui ne veulent plus entendre parler des
coups de pieds longs. Tant mieux si la le^on a profits,
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SCANDINAVIAN TOUR, 1904

The autumn of 1904 provided us with a
tour in Scandinavia, a part of the Continent
until then quite unknown to the English
footballer. C. Wreford-Brown was invited
to captain a Corinthian team to Stockholm,
where the Association game has already
taken a firm hold. Though only a few years
have elapsed since it was first introduced, so
popular has it become that in its present
short life it can boast of many clubs scattered
all over Scandinavia, many of which have
an excellent idea of how the game should
be played, and if not yet as proficient as
many of the other clubs we have met on the
Continent, they have at any rate the merit
of knowing how to play the game in its best
spirit.

On August 26 our party sailed by the
Thiile for Goteburg. It included F. H.
Bryant, B. O. Corbett, W. J. H. Curwen,
H. W. Hewitt, C. D. M'lver, L. J. Moon,

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O. T. Norris, T. S. Rowlandson, W. U.
Timmis, H. Vickers, C. Wreford-Brown,
H. R. Yglesias. Mrs. Wreford-Brown and
Miss Lambert also helped to make up our
party, and to the former we were indebted
for many of the excellent arrangements made
for our comfort. It takes two days to get to
Goteburg by sea, and though several of our
party succumbed to the " terror of the ocean,"
yet, on the whole, we had a fairly comfort-
able voyage. We had the inevitable " bridge n
to amuse us, besides the many deck games
always at hand to fill up any dull moments.
Then, too, several of our party were musical,
and to Hewitt, Norris, and Curwen we were
indebted for many entertainments, serious,
sentimental, and humorous.

Goteburg is a busy manufacturing town,
and yet quite a pretty place, owing tQ the
many canals and waterways which run through
its streets.

The first match of our tour was played the
day after our arrival against the Goteburg
team, whom we defeated by 6-0. The grounds
in Sweden would strike terror into many of
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posed entirely of gravel ; for during the winter
they are flooded and used as skating-rinks.
It is naturally somewhat dangerous to fall on,
so we provided ourselves with woollen knee-
caps. These, though they afforded some pro-
tection, did not save our skin entirely, and
had we been horses our value would have, in
many cases, considerably deteriorated after the
first game.

While at Goteburg we were invited to play
tennis at Saro, some little way out, where, after
a great struggle on the part of our champions
Bryant and Yglesias, we were defeated by the
Swedish pair. The same day several of our
team went out to the golf-links. The game,
though only started quite recently, is fast be-
coming popular. At present the course is very
rough, great difficulty being experienced in
finding a turf that will make good greens ; but
it would be difficult to find a prettier links.
The bunkers, too, are sufficiently varied to
satisfy even the most sporting golfer, ranging
as they do from fiords and rocks to sands and
gullies. Young as the game is, it is only
natural some difficulty is found in procuring
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caused some amusement by taking his stand
immediately in front of the tee as the players
prepared to drive !

Our Goteburg friends also arranged a de-
lightful picnic for us, to which we went by
launch.

Leaving Goteburg, we trained to Trollhatten,
a beautiful spot on the Gota, some two hours'
journey. There we walked up the side of the
famous falls, with the enormous locks close by,
and had tea in the hotel, perched up on a rocky
eminence above the rapids.

Now began one of the most delightful parts
of the tour, namely, the journey by boat across
the lakes. The two lakes Wener and Wetter,
together with numerous smaller ones, are linked
together by canals, which makes it possible to
travel by boat right across Southern Sweden.

We boarded the Motalastrbm about 8.30
p.m., and dined on deck in one of those beau-
tiful Swedish sunsets, the effect of which is so
much enhanced by the water around. Our
boat was not a large one, the two-bunked
cabins affording room for but little movement
The writer shared one with a certain member
of the team, who insisted on doing Sandow's

Photo: Severing.

Corinthian Team in Stockholm, 1904.

T. S. Rowlandson. I.. J. Moon. O. T. Norris. W. J. H. Curwcn. C. D. Mclver. F. H. Bryant.
W. U. Timmis. C. Wreford- Brown. B. O. Corbctt. H. Vickcrs.

Photo 1 Severing.

In Stockholm.

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A kind of Association game was played in a
very small way in 1878, and during the summer
of 1886 two Englishmen who were visiting the
country played for and managed a club at
Arebro.

Count Clarence von Rosen has, perhaps,
done as much as any one of late years to en-
courage and popularise the game. In 1899 he
offered a cup to be competed for, and this being
won three years in succession by Gefl6 Idrotts-
f&rening, was kept by them in perpetuity.
Afterwards Count von Rosen gave another
cup, the competition for which is regulated by
the Swedish Football Association, under the
same rules as those governing the competi-
tion for the English Football Association Cup,
The present president, Mr. C. L. Kornerup,
started the Swedish Football Association in
1902, together with others who at the same
time work in connection with the Swedish
ReksfSrbund for all other kinds of sport.

Three games were arranged for us at Edrotts
Park, an exceedingly pretty ground, with excel-
lent pavilions and covered tennis courts, but
quite devoid of grass. Our first match took
place at six o'clock in the evening against a

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picked team of Stockholm. We found our
opponents fast forward, but there was little
cohesion about their team, and their back divi-
sion was inclined to kick very wildly. Moon
was in great form for us in the centre, scoring
no less than 8 goals, and with Wreford-Brown,
Timmis, and Norris breaking up all opposition,
we won by 1 1-0.

As our matches began so late, we had many
opportunities of sight-seeing ; in fact, our hosts
allowed us no time for dulness, and we were
taken everywhere.

One morning we all went out sailing on one
of the fiords, and after becoming becalmed,
were eventually rescued by a steam yacht in
time to lunch at the Yacht Club. The same
evening we went to the opera, where we heard
"Orpheus" and the "Cavalleria Rusticana,"
and next day, after lunching with the British
charge d'affaires, we went by boat to Drottin-
g^ten, one of the King's summer residences.
On landing, we found motors awaiting us which
brought us back by road. The roads are ex-
ceedingly bad ; they are often very narrow and
full of deep ruts, so that travelling at any great
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escaped a serious accident. One of the cars
broke down on a hill after just crossing a pon-
toon bridge, and ran for some distance back-
ward. Fortunately the chauffeur succeeded in
stopping it before it reached the river, and thus
saved the inmates from a watery grave. We
were glad to get back safely in time for the
game. This time our team was divided up
with the Swedes, and a fast and good game
ended in a draw of 3-3.

Great interest was taken in our last match,
and a large crowd assembled on the slopes
around the field. Our forwards were again
quite invincible, and Moon scoring 5 goals,
Bryant and M'lver 4 each, we eventually won
by 1 4- 1. Prince Gustavus Adolphus, to whom
we were all introduced, was an interested spec-
tator of the match.

Our last night in Stockholm we were enter-
tained at a banquet at Hasselbacken, where
excellent speeches were made by Wreford-
Brown and Colonel Balch, and after music and
dancing we left for our hotel, full of regrets that
this was the end of our stay among our good
Swedish friends. Before starting we were
each presented by our hosts with a small silver

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Swedish cup as a memento of our visit. Our
route lay in a different direction to that by
which we had come, for we had two matches
to play in Copenhagen, whither we travelled
vi& Malmo. Count von Rosen accompanied
us some way on our journey, and on bidding
farewell, loaded us with fruit.

At Malm8 our train was run on to the ferry-
boat, and so over the Sound to the capital of
Denmark. Here at last we found a ground
more like our English grounds, and the foot-
ball, too, was of a distinctly higher order. The
Copenhagen team has for some time been
coached by an English professional, and we
found the old Sheffield and Southampton
player Yates in charge of them during our
stay. We played two games, both of which
we won, the former 4-1 and the latter 4-0.

In the first match we were all rather stiff,
and suffering from the effects of a night
in the train, and hardly did ourselves jus-
tice; but in the second game our forwards
played excellently, and in spite of the fact
that Yglesias was practically hors de combat
after the first few minutes, we won as stated
against a side composed of a fast line of

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forwards, and a back division of very deter-
mined tacklers.

We had a very pleasant picnic at Charlot-
tenlund, where, during a bathe, Hewitt was
unfortunate enough to dive by mistake into
three feet of water, and hurt his neck so
badly that he was unable to move his head
for several days.

So ended our tour. We left once more for
Goteburg, and embarking on another boat of
the Thule line, the Tkorsen, we reached home
on September 10, after a passage which con-
fined all but the hardiest sailors of our party
to their bunks.

On our return the club offered a cup to be
competed for by amateur teams in Sweden, and
the individual members of our team presented
Colonel Balch, on whose shoulders fell all the
arrangements for making our stay so comfort-
able, with some silver plate as a memento of
one of the pleasantest tours we had ever had.

GERMANY AND HOLLAND, 1906

Easter 1906 found the Corinthians once
more on the Continent, where fresh fields
were again sought to conquer. W. U. Timmis
had arranged two matches in Berlin and two
in The Hague.

We started on April 15 from Liverpool Street,
vid Harwich and the Hook, for Berlin. As it
was the day before Bank Holiday, the station
was crowded with people, and after fighting
for some thirty minutes, we at last managed
to get our baggage registered and put aboard
the train. A like struggle ensued on the
steamer before we could arrive at our bunks ;
but we succeeded at length in gaining them,
and were rewarded by a crossing with which
even the most inveterate landsman could offer
no complaint

Our side was a strong one, and included
thirteen all told : C. L. Alexander, B. O.
Corbett, S. H. Day, K. Guy, G. S. Harris,
K. R. G. Hunt, M. Morgan-Owen, C. C.

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Page, T. S. Rowlandson, W. U. Timmis, H.
Tudor-Owen, H. Vickers, E. G. D. Wright.

Little of interest occurred on the journey,
which took us through country which, for
the most part, could hardly be described
as beautiful. After ringing the changes on
"bridge," reading, and meals, we arrived at
Berlin about eight o'clock next evening.
There we made the Monopol Hotel our
headquarters.

The morning of the next day we spent
in sight-seeing, going over the galleries, and
seeing many of the chief public buildings, and
watching the changing of the guard at the
palace, where we got a view of the Kaiser.
Our first match was against the Germania
F.C. The ground lay some five miles from
our hotel, and driving down on a coach, we
arrived to find quite a large crowd awaiting
the game. The surface was very hard and
rather uneven, but the playing area was larger
than was our experience of most continental
grounds. We started play after a long delay,
owing to photographs and greetings on the
part of various officials, and from the outset
we pressed ; but though continually getting

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On Trek, South Africa, 1903.

GERMANY AND HOLLAND, 1906 113

chances of shooting, owing to the uneven-
ness of the ground we found it extremely
hard to place the ball between the posts.
However, we settled down at last, and won
very easily by 1 1-0, G. S. Harris doing most
of the damage with terrific shots, twice send-
ing the ball into a refreshment tent some fifty
yards behind the goal, amidst a great smashing
of glass !

Those of us who had been out to Stockholm
were delighted to find our old friends Colonel
Balch and Count von Rosen at the match.
They were on their way to the Olympic Games
at Athens, and were stopping a night in Berlin,
and so came to see us again.

Next day we arranged to have to ourselves,
and went off, some to the Tiergarten, some to
Potsdam, and various other places of interest.
We were considerably embarrassed before start-
ing on our expeditions by a complete stranger,
who could speak no word of English beyond
one sentence, which he apparently had learnt
off by heart. With the kindest of intentions,
and possibly thinking we needed a guide, he
arrived early in the morning, and every one
of us he met he greeted with exactly the

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same words — " In ten meenits ve vill start for
Potsdam. " It was impossible to make him
understand we did not wish to go to Potsdam,
and after his ten minutes had extended to two
hours, and still he had not collected his party
for Potsdam, he eventually gave it up as a bad
job and disappeared.

On April 16 we played the Victoria Club
of Hamburg on the same ground. They were
certainly a better side than our opponents of
the previous match ; but we played very much
better ourselves, possibly owing to the fact
that we had become more accustomed to the
ground, and won by 12-1. Perhaps one of
the greatest drawbacks we had met with on
the Continent was the weak refereeing. The
game is so young that there are no old players
with a perfect knowledge of all its many intri-
cacies who can give a helping hand in so diffi-
cult a position. Here, however, we were asked
if one of our own number would referee, so
S. H. Day and Bryant officiated in the different
games, much to every one's satisfaction.

We were entertained the same evening at
a banquet in the Monopol Hotel, where we
met the two teams we had played, and many

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kindly speeches were made. 8.30 a.m. next
morning found us on our way to The Hague.
It was a scorching hot day, and the train was
very crowded, but we arrived at last at our
destination some forty-five minutes late. Here
we put up at the Bellevue, a most comfortable
hotel overlooking the deer-park.

We found The Hague a city full of interest.
It has a very fine gallery, containing some of
the gems of Europe. Its Houses of Parlia-
ment are exceedingly picturesque with their
old grey walls rising out of the water. Then,
too, there is the Palace in the Wood, where
the " Hague Conference " was held. No more
fitting spot could have been chosen.

We motored one morning out to Leyden to
lunch, the route taking us through Scheven-
ingen, the Brighton of Holland, and through
the bulb -fields, which were all out in full
bloom. It was a very beautiful sight, for we
passed an almost continuous succession of hya-
cinth and daffodil fields, extending for seven or
eight miles. The country roads are cobbled,
and though in dry weather the motor runs
very smoothly, there is a good deal of danger
in wet weather from side-slips.

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We discovered from our first match, which
was played against The Hague F.C., that foot-
ball in Holland is in a much more advanced
stage than what we had met with against
the Berlin team. Our opponents were fast
throughout, and their forwards played the
long passing game with great dash, and
were continually threatening danger. How-
ever, they found our back division, especially
Timmis, Morgan-Owen, and Hunt, very diffi-
cult to pass, and with Alexander, Day, and
Guy in great form in front, we eventually
won by 5-1.

The last match of the tour, namely, that
against All Holland, took place on the same
ground next day. It was a cold, wet after-
noon, and we were delayed in starting by
two of the opposing players, who had only
just arrived from England, where they had
been on tour, and were motoring over from
Rotterdam to try and arrive in time to play.
We found ourselves opposed to a side which
would have extended many a First League
team. As the day before, they were all
speedy, and had an excellent idea of the
finesse of the game, and at the same time

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were of the bustling order. The ground was
very narrow, which, while it congested our
forwards and prevented the game from being
opened out by the wing men, was suited to
their more robust methods. However, after
a very tough match we eventually won by
2-1 ; and so ended our tour. We had played
four, won four, scored 30 goals to 3.

CANADA AND THE UNITED
STATES, 1906

The autumn of 1906 found a Corinthian
team crossing the Atlantic.

Arrangements had almost been completed
for a visit in the previous autumn, but it was
found impossible to take a really represen-
tative side, and negotiations therefore fell
through.

The side which sailed from Liverpool
on August 3 by the Allan liner Victorian,
under the captaincy of C. Wreford- Brown,
was certainly the best Corinthian team ever
taken away from our shores, and probably
one of the strongest Association sides ever
engaged in a foreign tour. It included C.
Wreford-Brown (captain), T. S. Rowlandson,
P. R. May, W. U. Timmis, C. C. Page,
R. D. Craig, M. Morgan -Owen, B. H.
Willett, G. C. Vassall, G. S. Harris, S. H.
Day, N. S. Cornelius, G. N. Foster, B. O.

Corbett, E. G. D. Wright

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CANADA AND U.S., 1906 119

The voyage was uneventful, and beyond
experiencing a couple of days of squally
weather, which affected none of us very
seriously except our captain, the time passed
as pleasantly as it always does in a luxurious
boat. Concerts, bridge, and the many deck
games provided us with plenty to do; and
some of our more energetic members were,
moreover, able to obtain a certain amount of
active exercise in the way of hurdling and
sprints.

Our first view of Canada was very impres-
sive, for we sailed down the St. Lawrence
on a beautifully sunny afternoon. The broad
expanse of sky-blue water, with islands dotted
here and there, and the lofty well-wooded
banks on either side, presented a grand sight.
Passing the Montmorency River and Falls, we
reached Quebec, which stands on a rock rising
sheer out of the water, just before sunset.

Here we were expecting to spend our
first night on land, but we were soon faced
with the fact that, through some error, no
rooms had been reserved for us, and it was
impossible to procure accommodation at any
of the big hotels.

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Fortunately, an old Carthusian, whom we had
met on board, came to our rescue and took us
all out to his house some few miles up the river,
where we were most kindly entertained.

Next afternoon we were due to play in
Montreal, and leaving Quebec at 8.45 a.m.,
reached our destination at 4 p.m., the train
being some two hours late. The match had
been arranged for 3.30, and we could only
reach the ground at 5 o'clock, to find some
3000 spectators beginning to doubt if we
were really in Canada at all Still, despite
their long wait, they gave us a most cordial
reception and an enthusiastic send-off. The
sides lined up as follows : —

Corinthians. — T. S. Rowlandson (goal) ; C. C. Page
and W. U. Timmis (backs) ; G. N, Foster,
R. D. Craig, and B. H. Wiilett (half-backs) ;
G. C. Vassall, S. H. Day, G. S. Harris, W. S.
Cornelius, and E. G. D. Wright (forwards).

Montreal. — M'Intyre (goal) ; H. Payne and E. Cornell
(backs); D. MacKay, W. Neville, and S. Read
(half-backs); R. Wright and F. Reynolds
(right wing), D. George (centre), and J. Graham
and J. Nairn (left wing), forwards.

The game scarcely provided a scientific ex-
hibition of football, for our side had obviously

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not yet gained their land legs, and the Mon-
treal team indulged in far too much lofty
kicking. The weather, too, was extremely
hot, and though this seemed to interfere
little with the game in its earlier stages, it
caused considerable distress towards the end,
and the pace clearly slackened.

Graham scored the first goal of the match
for Montreal with a swift low shot, but most
people except the referee seemed to agree
that he was off-side. Harris shot two more
for the Corinthians just before half-time, and
thus we led by 2-1 at the change of ends.
Through an error on the part of Rowlandson,
our opponents were allowed to equalise; but
this seemed to rouse our forwards to renewed
efforts, and with Harris, Day (2), and Vassall
scoring in quick succession, we eventually
won by 6-2.

M'Intyre, the goal-keeper, and J. Graham,
the inside left, were the most conspicuous
among a side of great triers.

Timmis and Page played soundly at back,
while Wright, Harris, and Vassall were the
pick of the Corinthian forwards.

The fact that this was our first game of

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the season, and that it followed so closely
on our more or less enforced inactivity on
board ship, caused us to feel the effects a
good deal on the next day, and we were
glad to take matters easily.

After a visit to several of the chief buildings,
we went to watch a base-ball match. We
were certainly disappointed with the spirit in
which the game was contested, for both players
and spectators disputed the decision of the
umpire on every occasion. Next day we
were due in Ottawa, which is some three
hours distant by train. Ottawa, the Washing-
ton of the North, was born of hostility to
the Washington of the South.

In the times when the people of the
North were glowering at the people of the
South, the British Government thought it
necessary to establish a safer military route
than that by the St. Lawrence. It therefore
sent some soldiers under a Colonel By to
help with the work of digging a canal from
Kingston, on Lake Ontario, to the Ottawa
River. A little town soon sprang up called
Bytown. But some quarter of a century
later, in 1854, it was rechristened Ottawa.

CANADA AND U.S., 1906 123

Four years after, Ottawa was chosen by
Queen Victoria to be the capital of Canada,
which then consisted of only the provinces
of Ontario and Quebec.

The new government buildings were hardly
completed when they were called upon to ac-
commodate the Parliament of the Dominion.

Ottawa is a commercial city, its chief busi-
ness being lumber, an industry both healthy
and clean. We had an opportunity before
leaving of visiting one of the enormous saw-
mills, and were given a practical description
of the many different stages through which
the lumber has to pass between the forest
and the finished article.

Our second match of the tour took place
on August 13.

Of the team that opposed Montreal, Day
and Page gave way to May and Wreford-
Brown, Foster going forward. The heat was
still very great, and the kick-off was therefore
arranged for six o'clock. The unevenness of
the ground made accurate passing and shoot-
ing a matter of difficulty. During the first
half the Corinthians scored twice, through
Harris and Cornelius; and three more being

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added, shot by Wright, Harris, and Foster,
in the latter half, the match ended 5-0 in
their favour.

The game was contested throughout at a
great pace, and was free from anything in
the nature of rough play. Considering the
fact that the Ottawa Club has only been in
existence a short time, the team played
excellent football. Storey in goal, Patten
and Brewer at back and half, and Williamson
forward, were the pick of their team, which
was made up as follows : — Storey (goal) ;
Lang and Patten (backs); Watt, Holton, and
Brewer (halves); Lang, Palmer, Bennie,
Williams, and Williamson (forwards). During
our stay at Ottawa some of the golfers of
our party journeyed out to the links close
by the city, and though no records were
broken, one or two of them ran the " Colonel "
to a very tight match.

On August 14 we travelled by the night
train to Hamilton, our next stopping point;
for we had to play our third match of the
tour on the following afternoon. A night
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we were then experiencing. The Hamilton
team we found considerably stronger than
either of our former opponents. Their
ground, however, was not such as one is
accustomed to in England. Much of it was
bare and quite devoid of any growth, while
here and there, by way of variety, one met
patches of long, rough weed. Since it was
impossible to play a short passing game with
any hope of success, we had to adapt our-
selves to the prevailing conditions and attempt
more individual tactics. Our opponents were
exceedingly hard fighters, and played the rough-
and-tumble game to perfection, but they had
little or no idea of combination. At half-time
the score was 1-1, scored by Day and Thorns,
but in the latter stages the Corinthians added
two more by Vassall and Willett, and thus won
by 3-1. The teams were : —

Corinthians. — Rowlandson (goal) ; Timmis and May
(backs) ; Craig, Wreford-Brown, and Willett
(halves) ; Vassall, Day, Harris, Cornelius, and
Wright (forwards).

Hamilton. — May (goal) ; Reid and Thorns (backs) ;
Mitchell, Woods, and Johnston (halves) ; Thorns,
Langs, Nelson, Chatland, and M'Cauley (for-
wards).

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Toronto was our next stopping place, and
we made the King Edward Hotel our head-
quarters. The city was very full, for the
Medical Conference was being held, and
representatives of the profession had arrived
from all parts of the world.

One of our party, an old Oxford man, was
surprised on his arrival at the hotel to find
a note in his room with the words, " You are
requested to see the Dean at 10 a. m. to-
morrow." It was, he discovered, from his
old college scout, who was a waiter at the
hotel. He had so often in his Oxford days
been the bearer of the same message, and
was so pleased to see his old master again,
that he took it for granted his presumption
would be overlooked.

As our next match was not till August 18,
we had two days' rest, and very welcome it
was, for the heat was excessive and we had
had a hard week. On Friday, August 17,
we were the guests at lunch of Sir Henry
Pellatt at the Clifton House Hotel, Niagara.
Making the journey up the bank of the
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railway, we had a magnificent view of the
mighty falls.

Some of our party, having donned a sort
of bathing-dress, walked on the flimsy wooden
bridge underneath the falls, while others went
on the Maid of the Mist steamboat right into
the spray of the Horseshoe Falls. They had
a most weird experience while doing so, for
a terrific thunderstorm burst over them, and
what with the roar of the water and the
thunder, lightning, and rain, the effect was
indeed grand. Sir Henry Pellatt also showed
us over the power-stations erected for supply-
ing electricity to all parts of the country. It
is a great conception, and the many criticisms
levelled against the scheme on the ground of
its spoiling the beauty of the falls seem to be
entirely unnecessary. On Saturday, August
18, we played our fourth match of the tour
at Hanlan's Point, which we reached by boat
from Toronto.

There was a large and enthusiastic crowd
of some 6000 present, of whom the greater
portion seemed to be from the old country.
The ground was a good one — quite the best

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we had yet met with — and suited in every
way to the Corinthian style of play. The
teams lined up as follows: —

Corinthians. — Rowlandson (goal); May and Timmis
(backs); Foster, Morgan-Owen, and Willett
(halves) ; Corbett, Day, Harris, Vassall, and
Wright (forwards).

Toronto. — Galbraith (goal) ; Gilding and Wheeler
(backs) ; Campbell, M'Lean, and Dunn (halves);
Banks, Gilding, Gansden, Gentle, and Robin-
son (forwards).

At the outset Toronto pressed for some time,
but our halves were not long before they
collared the attack, and feeding their forwards
accurately, they enabled Harris to score twice
and Vassall once before the change of ends.

During the second portion of the game
Vassall added three more, and when time
came we led by 6-0.

The combination of the Corinthian forwards
left little to be desired, and the game was a
marked contrast to our previous matches.

The following day, after lunching at the
Yacht Club, we had a delightful cruise round
Lake Ontario in the private yacht of Mr.
Poison.

Next day we played a cricket match against

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Toronto on the University Cricket Ground.
It was a most exciting game, and resulted
in a win for the Corinthians by the narrow
margin of 38 runs. Our side were consider-
ably handicapped in having to play in rubber
boots, as no one had brought his cricketing
outfit. P. R. May was the most deadly with
the ball, while Cornelius and Rowlandson
were top scorers, the latter going in at a
critical period and hitting out freely. The

scores were : —

Toronto

D. W. Saunders, b. May 5 J. L. Hynes, c. and b.

D. Mustard, c. and b. May 1

Harris 7 A. C. Heighington, c.

£. H. Leighton, b. Harris o Rowlandson, b. Foster 2

S. W. Mossiman, c. Day, J. Wood, c. Lester, b.

b. May 5 Page 7

S. R. Saunders, b. May 13 J. D. Woods, b. Harris 20
LI. Sheather, c. Harris, Extras . . . .11

b. May 2

R. C. Reade, not out . 42 Total . . 115

Corinthians

C. C. Page, b. Sheather 20 R. D. Craig, b. Reade . 4

S. H. Day, b. Sheather 17 B. H. Willett, b. Reade 1

P. R. May, l.b.w., b. T. S. Rowlandson, st.

Mossiman .... 2 Saunders, b. Reade . 42

N. S. Cornelius, c. C. Wreford-Brown, not

Woods, b. Mossiman 47 out 5

G.N.Foster, c. Leighton, Extras . . . .12

b. Mossiman . . . o

J. A. Lester, b. Reade . 3 Total . . 153

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Leaving Toronto on the night of August
22, we journeyed to Seaforth, a town of no
very great pretensions, situated in an agri-
cultural district. The Hurons, whom we were
to play next day, are the champion team of
Canada, and we looked forward to a hard
game. The weather was still extremely hot,
and some of us attempted to find cooler
breezes by driving out in buggies into the
country; but owing to the many obstacles
encountered, few got very far. It is a peculiar
fact that the country people seldom ride on
horseback, but in spite of the terribly rough
roads will always use the buggy.

There were some 6000 people present at
the match, all the country-side having come
in to watch ; but once more we found a
ground little suited to our game. It was
rough and very narrow, and eminently suited
to the dashing tactics of the Hurons.

There was no score in the first half, though
once Cornelius had got right away with the
goal at his mercy, when a dog attacked the
ball and impeded his shot! The second half
was fought out at a tremendous pace, despite
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in the shade. Each side scored once, thus
leaving the match drawn, 1-1. The Sea-
forth defence was very sound, and Chettle
kept his line well together, but the condi-
tions prevented anything like a scientific game
being played. Our forwards seemed to feel
the heat, and were frequently hustled off the
ball. The teams were : —

Corinthians. — Rowlandson (goal) ; May and Page
(backs) ; Craig, Morgan-Owen, and Willett
(halves) ; Vassall, Foster, Harris, Cornelius,
and Wright (forwards).

Hurons, Seaforth. — R. Peck (goal) ; C. Mustard
and P. Sills (backs) ; C. Sills, E. Murray, and
C. Stewart (halves) ; W. J. M'Lean, W.
Munroe, H. Chettle, G. M 'Donald, and P.
M'Kenzie (forwards).

The same evening a musical fifite was held
in the public gardens, which were illuminated
for the occasion, and the whole town and
neighbourhood turned out to listen to the
band and singers.

We had an early start next morning for
Chatham. Breaking the journey for an hour
at London en route y we motored round the town,
and caught a flying glimpse of the many fine
buildings and broad avenues which it possesses.

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Chatham, like Seaforth, lies in the centre
of an agricultural district, and lately its
population has been rapidly enlarged by the
influx of oil speculators ; for springs have
been discovered quite close to the town.
The owners of farms in the oil area have
been making large profits by leasing or sell-
ing their land. These fields, we were told,
are especially enticing, as springs have been
tapped at a much lower depth than at
Petrolea, the better known fields not far
distant

The match that afternoon against the All
Kents was our last game in Canada, and
resulted in a Corinthian victory of 5-2. The
ground was again exceedingly rough, being
covered in places by a thick growth half-way
up to one's knees.

It was also very narrow, and during the
greater part of the game the spectators, in
spite of the referee's protests, encroached
several yards over the touch-line.

The game was therefore little more than
a scramble, and beyond a fine combined
run through by Langford and Riseborough,
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comer, our goal was seldom threatened.
The teams were : —

Corinthians. — Rowlandson (goal); C. C. Page and
W. U. Timmis (backs) ; R. D. Craig, C.
Wreford-Brown, and B. H. Willett (halves) ;

B. O. Corbett, G. C. Vassall, G. N. Foster,
N. S. Cornelius, and E. G. Wright (forwards).

All Kents. — C. Aitken (goal) ; Dr. Mackenzie and
E. Pugh (backs) ; J. Fox, W. Bennie, and W.
Coulter (halves) ; G. Riseborough, A. Martin,

C. Langford, W. Peck, and P. Parrott (for-
wards).

Referee. — O. E. Wreford-Brown.

We left that night at 10 p.m. for Chicago,
and after a comfortable though rather hot
night on the train, reached our destination
at breakfast-time the following morning.

After lunch we paid a visit to the Marshall
Field where we were to play next day, and
obtained some gentle exercise.

The pavilions and buildings are very fine,
everything being built on the most up-to-date
plan. They contain, among other things, a
large swimming-bath, every kind of spray
and douche, a magnificent gymnasium, and
an indoor running track.

We also looked over the University, the

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buildings of which have been extensively
copied from our own university colleges.
There is an exact model, for instance, of
Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford. Each
branch of learning has its own separate
building, but the fact that none of the
students live in college deprives American
university life of many of the charms and
advantages of our own system.

The following afternoon, 25th August, we
reached the ground to find it still moist from
a heavy thunderstorm — a welcome discovery
after the hard ground we had experienced up
to now. There were some 3000 people pre-
sent in the grand stand, who seemed to derive
immense excitement from the game, to judge
from their impartial applause ; but few, we
were told, had ever seen an Association game
before. With the exception of Page for
May and Craig for Willett, the Corinthian
team was the same as did duty at Toronto.
The following represented Chicago : — Roberts
(goal) ; Dixon and Archibald (backs) ; Scott,
S. Govier, and Williamson (halves) ; S hall-
cross, B. Govier, Watt, Pellatt, and Evans
(forwards).

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The game had not been in progress long
before we discovered our opponents were a
better side than we had yet encountered.

The forwards were all fast, and showed
very fair combination.

The back division, too, played together very
much better than any we had yet met. The
ground was wide and beautifully level — in fact,
admirably suited to the Corinthian style of
play ; still, our forwards, though they combined
well, were very weak in front of goal to start
with, and it was only after several easy shots
had been missed that Harris opened the
scoring.

Two more. were scored by Day and one by
Vassall in quick succession, and it looked like
a heavy reverse for Chicago.

However, they rallied gamely and retaliated
with excellent goals by Watt and Govier.
Thus at half-time we were leading 4-2.
Harris scored the only goal during the
second half, during which the game lost
none of its pace, and so, after a capital
match, we retired victorious by 5-2.

After reading Mr. Sinclair's "Jungle" it
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the stockyards of Chicago, so the following
morning we went over Messrs. Armour
and Swift's enormous establishments. But
they need no description. What struck us
most about the whole business was the
minute specialisation of the workmen in
every stage of operation through which the
animals have to pass.

One man whom we watched had done
nothing for years, we were told, but cut out
a particular bone from the carcasses, which
passed him at the rate of some hundreds an
hour!

We left Chicago at midnight on August
26 for Cincinnati, and arrived early the
following morning. Here we were faced
with the unwelcome news that our baggage,
to the extent of some fifty pieces, had gone
astray, and there was no chance of recovering
it till late that night

We were expecting to play that afternoon,
and with no clothes to wear, we were com-
pelled to get each a new outfit. Rain, how-
ever, came to our rescue — the first wet day
since our landing in America — and the game
was postponed till the following afternoon.

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But the weather cleared sufficiently to enable
us to see something of the " Queen City,"
which in no way falls short of its regal name.
We were taken in one of the comfortable
private electric cars through all the more
important streets, and thence on to Fort
Thomas, some six miles out — a beautiful
spot, overlooking the city on one side and
giving a magnificent view of the windings of
the Ohio River on the other.

A visit to the Exchange and several
manufactories next morning, in the course
of which we saw Mrs. Longworth open the
Fall Festival Exhibition, further filled up our
time, and we reached the base-ball ground at
3.30 for the match. The turf was in excellent
order, the rain having softened it sufficiently
to give a firm foothold. The Cincinnati team
was composed mostly of Scotchmen, and
though they played hard, had little know-
ledge of the finer points of the game. More-
over, the Corinthians were in their best form,
and scoring no less than nineteen times to
their opponents' none, won accordingly.

We found the American press most enter-
taining here. Cincinnati journalists require

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but few facts to weave a story of thrilling
excitement, and their efforts in providing
personal biographies of some of our team
were worthy of Hans Andersen.

The third match played in the States was
against Cleveland on August 29, and re-
sulted in a win for the Corinthians by 8-0.
The match was played on the University
ground, which was rather on the small side ;
but the surface, though devoid of grass in
places, was not altogether so uneven as
to prevent fairly accurate passing. Our
opponents had started the game compara-
tively lately, but they gave a most plucky
display, and with a little more luck might
have scored on several occasions.

The Corinthian forward line, ably backed
up by Wreford-Brown at centre half, played
well together, Cornelius being in great
shooting form. He scored on four occasions,
while Foster (two), Vassall and Morgan-Owen
(one each), were responsible for the rest.

The Corinthian team had the same line of
forwards as played against the All Kents
(Chatham), while May took the place of
Willett. Cleveland were represented by : —

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Johns (goal) ; Hamilton and Gardiner (backs);
Johnson, M'Kinnon, Temple (halves); Walker,
M'Phee, A. Hamilton, Crockett, and Scott
(forwards). After the match we were the
guests of Mr. Howie at the Euclid Club.

Many speeches were made, and it was
particularly gratifying to be assured by our
host, who has done so much for Association
football in America, that the game has really
taken root and is fast becoming a popular
pastime.

Next day, as the guests of the Cleveland
Automobile Club, we motored out to various
places of interest in the city and neighbour-
hood. Every one much admired the famous
Euclid Avenue, reputed to be one of the
richest streets in America. After a break-
down, owing to punctures, we reached our
hotel just in time to start for the station,
and making our last all-night journey of the
tour, arrived in Philadelphia at eight o'clock
next morning.

It was a great pity we were robbed of the
fine scenery by being compelled to do so much
night travelling; but, on the other hand, we
escaped making the journey in the heat, an

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advantage of great value to us. During our
stay at Philadelphia we made the " Belle vue
Straford" our headquarters. It is an hotel
of the regular American sky-scraper type,
with a roof-garden. The afternoon of our
arrival we trained out to Haverford, where we
played the Cricketers' XI. on the ground of
the Merion Cricket Club. We found here the
best ground we had yet come across, and with
a side of university men opposed to us, the
game was contested in the very best sports-
manlike spirit.

S. H. Day took Vassall's place, and R. D.
Craig played half-back in G. N. Foster's place ;
otherwise the side was the same as that which
did duty against Cleveland.

Play was fast throughout ; the referee, who
managed the game excellently, allowed all fair
and square charging, and thus gave many of
the more ancient members of our team a taste
once more of the hard old games gone by.

At half-time the Corinthians led by 4-0,
Corbett, Harris, Cornelius, and Day being
the scorers. Morrice, in goal, had had plenty
to do, and had done it well.

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half, and Harris adding two more goals, we
won by 6-0. The Associated Cricket Clubs
were represented by: — W. Morrice (goal);
A. T. Laury and M. Anderson (backs) ;
W. Anderson, P. N. La Roy, and F. R.
Plumb (half-backs); J. Schwarz, C. E. Kelly,
H. Pike, J. Anderson, and W. Thayer
(forwards).

We dined after the match at the Merion
Club, and many of us found an old friend here
in Mr. Cope, who brought the Haverford
cricket team over to England some years
ago to play our public schools.

Next day a match had been arranged at the
Manheim ground, situated some six miles on
the opposite side of the city to Haverford.
Here, too, was a perfect ground, with the
club houses and buildings as good as those
of the Merion. We had suggested that the
playing area should be marked out rather
wider than those we had played on up till
then. With a width of only 56 or 60 yards
the game must necessarily be cramped, and
a true representation of what it should be is
difficult to obtain. This was done, therefore,
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railings had been placed only a foot from the
touch-lines. This was, of course, exceedingly
dangerous ; but the crowd good-humouredly
came to our rescue, and it required but a few
minutes to put matters right. Our opponents,
the Albion Football Club, were reputed to
be a stronger side than the Cricketers XI.
They certainly were better, and had not their
whole back division contented themselves with
packing their goal, and forgetting they had
any forwards in front of them, they would
certainly have made a close fight. As it was,
their forwards did quite well when they had
any passes, but they found Morgan-Owen,
Timmis, and Page in their best form.

Of the Corinthian forwards Vassall was the
best, scoring five goals, chiefly through indi-
vidual efforts, while Harris accounted for
three, and Wright one, thus bringing the
score to 9-0.

Of those who took part in the former match
at Haverford, May, Wreford- Brown, Willett,
and Cornelius made room for Timmis, Morgan-
Owen, Foster, and Vassall.

The following played for the Albion: —
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(backs); J. Dawes, W. Pitt, A. Williams
(halves); J. Law, S. Findley, F. Highfield,
J. Taylor, and J. Conolly (forwards).

. After a swim in the excellent baths, and
tea at the club, we returned to our hotel
and dined on the roof-garden, whence one
can obtain a magnificent panoramic view of
the city.

Next day we had a rest from our labours
after a very strenuous week — a rest at least
from football, for we boarded various sorts of
craft and went up the Delaware.

The more energetic embarked in " fours "
and "pairs," but a large six-oared boat
appeared to find most favour.

After rowing some five miles up-stream
we landed for tea, and returned during the
cool of the evening.

Our style may not possibly have satisfied
the critical eye of a Harvard coach, but at
any rate it aroused considerable encourage-
ment, at one or two points, from the shore.

During our stay in Philadelphia we watched
a base-ball match between Philadelphia and
Brooklyn, the latter winning somewhat easily.
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ticularly interesting, but the game seems to
lack the many fine points of cricket As we
sat directly behind the striker, we were able
to notice the great swerve the pitcher managed
to get on the ball. The ball, which appeared
to have an upward curve, looked especially
difficult to play.

Our last match in Philadelphia was played
on the Manheim ground on Labour Day,
3rd September. Our opponents this time
were an All Philadelphia XL, and a crowd
of fully 7000 people were present. The
teams were: —

Corinthians. — Rowlandson (goal) ; Tim mis and
Page (backs); Willett, Morgan-Owen, and
Foster (halves) ; Corbett, Day, Harris, Vassall,
and Wright (forwards).

All Philadelphia. — M. Campbell (goal) ; Coops and
J. Campbell (backs) ; Cooper, Gould, and
Danks (halves) ; Robertson, Green, A. Centre,
Young, and Highfield (forwards).

Although the game resulted in a Corinthian
victory by 1 2-0, our opponents were probably
the best of the Philadelphia teams we en-
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by so large a margin was due chiefly to the
excellent shooting of our forwards.

Green, the Philadelphian inside right, gave
our back division many anxious moments ;
while the half-backs, if they were not finished
masters in the art of passing, at any rate proved
themselves excellent worriers. The dozen goals
were scored by Vassall (4), Harris (4), Day (3),
and Rowlandson (1). The latter took Vassall's
place during the last few minutes of the game,
owing to a strained ankle, and showed himself
as capable of scoring as of saving goals.

Before leaving Philadelphia a cricket match

was arranged at the Merion Club. Our

opponents had a strong side, which included

J. A. Lester and J. B. King, both of whom

visited England with the Philadelphia team.

The feature of the day's cricket was the

batting of S. H. Day, who just failed to

reach his century, being bowled by O'Neill

with his score at 94. With our total at

214 Wreford - Brown declared the innings

closed, allowing our opponents about two

hours to get the runs. This they failed to

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with eight wickets down, when play ceased.
The scores were: —

Corinthians

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T. S. Rowlandson, c

S. H. Day, b. O'Neill .

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Newhall, b. King . 16

C. C. Page, c. Lester,

P. R. May, not out 4

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G. S.Harris, b. O'Neill,

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N. S. Cornelius, c.

Total (8 wkts.) .214

Dornan, b. Lester .

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W. U. Timmis, b. New-

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Philadelphians

J. B. King, c. Timmis,

H. R. Cartwright, b.

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Harris 5

J. L. Evans, c. Craig,

W. Thayer, c. Craig, b.

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Wreford-Brown . . 31

W. N. Morrice, st.

S. G. Thayer, not out . 2

Craig, b. Harris . .

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E. M. Cregar, b. May .

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J. A. Lester, not out .

47

Total (8 wkts.) . 150

W. P. Newhall, b. May

J. P. Dornan did not bat.

L. P. O'Neill, b. May .

We arrived in New York on Wednesday,
5th September, and were the guests the
same evening of members of the Union
Club. Mr. Clive-Bayley, the English vice-
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team to the city, expressed the hope that the
Association game would be firmly established
in America.

Next day we travelled by ferry-boat past
the Statue of Liberty to Staten Island, where
we were to play the Collegians' XI. on the
Livingstone Cricket Ground. The turf, though
level, was very hard, and the play was a good
deal cramped, owing to the restricted area.

Our opponents included two Cambridge
men, A. G. Santer and H. Tabor, in their
team, besides several from Harvard and
Princetown Universities. The game was
hardly exhilarating, both sides appearing to
find the heat trying. Reggio scored the first
and only goal for the Collegians, while Vassall
4, Harris 3, Cornelius 2, and Corbett and
Wright 1 each, brought our score up to 11-1.
The teams were : —

Corinthians. — Rowlandson (goal) ; May and Timmis
(backs); Willett, Wreford-Brown, and Foster
(halves) ; Corbett, Cornelius, Harris, Vassall,
and Wright (forwards).

Collegians. — Van der Zee (goal) ; Tabor and Kessler
(backs) ; A. Reggio, Mund, and Bonsfield
(halves) ; N. Reggio, Sparks, Van Laar,
Means, and Santer (forwards).

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After the game we were entertained at tea
by the ladies of the club in their pavilion, and
later in the evening the Livingstone Club
invited us to dinner. Sir Mortimer Durand,
the British Ambassador, was present at both
the match and dinner, and in expressing his
pleasure at seeing us in America, said he
hoped the Association game would grow up
by the side of the Rugby game, for there was
plenty of room for both to flourish side by
side. He admitted the need for reform in
the laws of the latter game, but suggested
that time, as in every other sport, would tend
towards the development of the game in the
right direction.

The following day we opposed Mr. St
John Walker's Cricket XL on the same
ground. Our opponents batted first, and
made 236, while our effort could only realise
i33i G. S. Harris being top scorer with -an
excellent 55. The wicket had worn a good
deal towards the end of the afternoon, but
Lorry, for the home team, bowled with great
effect, taking eight of our wickets for some
60 runs. After the match some of our party
stayed behind at Staten Island for a dance,

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while others returned to New York for t{ie
theatre.

Considerable excitement prevailed about the
match next day. Our opponents were a team
selected from the best players of New York,
and much speculation took place as to the
result.

The weather was hotter than ever when we
lined up for the game, the only change in our
team from the previous game being Page and
Craig for May and Willett. For the first
twenty minutes the pace was very fast, the
New York men playing with tremendous
dash. Our back division, however, soon
gained the upper hand, and giving the for-
wards plenty of passes, enabled them to pile
up a big score of goals.

Rarely has a Corinthian line of forwards
shown such excellent combination and shoot-
ing, for they did much as they liked during
the rest of the game, and won by 18-0. Of
these S. H. Day accounted for 9, Vassall 6,
and Harris 3. Notwithstanding this immense
total our opponents never relaxed their efforts,
but played up gamely to the end. Their team
was : — Cook (goal) ; Dewar, Saunders (backs) ;

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Smith, Armstrong, Robertson (halves); Tait,
M'Neill, Crabb, Lee, Pearson (forwards).

Before leaving New York we visited Coney
Island and saw its many wonders, and with
visits to many of the places of interest in the
city our time was pleasantly filled up.

On ioth September we journeyed to
Newark, a large manufacturing city about
an hour by rail from New York. The heat
was now probably greater than we had ex-
perienced since landing, and with a ground
hard, narrow, and uneven, we did well to
win by 7-1. The Newark defence was
considerably stronger than its attack, and
they played a decidedly robust and dashing
game. Vassall was unfortunate enough to fall
and injure his shoulder half-way through the
game, and was of little help afterwards. At
half-time we had scored six times through Day
(1 ), Vassall (2), and Cornelius (3). Day scored
once again in the second portion of the game,
and thus we won as stated. Our team was
the same as defeated the Collegians, with the
exception of Craig for Foster and Day for
Harris. After the game the two teams dined
together, and many kindly speeches were made.

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The following day Timmis, Vassall, and
Corbett sailed for England, thus leaving
twelve men for the last two matches.

The journey to Fall River was made by
boat, and meeting with a severe thunder-
storm on the way, we had a rather un-
comfortable experience. There was a large
crowd at the base-ball field in the afternoon,
but we were disappointed on arriving to find
it the worst ground we had yet fallen in with.

It was exceedingly rough, besides being
narrow, and once again we had to forego
any attempt at playing the passing game.

The Fall River team depended entirely on
their kick-and-rush tactics, and very well they
played them. No score took place up to half-
time, but during the latter period Fall River
scored thrice, and we were accordingly beaten
3-0. It was very fast and full of incidents,
but the finer points of the game were little
called into use, owing to the conditions of the
ground. The teams were : —

Corinthians. — Rowlandson (goal) ; Page and May
(backs); Craig, Morgan-Owen, and Willett
(halves) ; Foster, Day, Harris, Cornelius,
and Wright (forwards).

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Fall River. — Hceley (goal) ; Baglcy and Greenwood
(backs); Cyr, Dalton, Horton (halves); M'Neil,
L. Gauthier, G. Gauthier, Cummings, and Sander-
lands (forwards).

The tour was brought to a close at Boston
with a match against Fore River on September
14. Yet again a wretched ground had been
chosen for the match, and what was a greater
pity still, the ground had been reduced in
width to 56 yards. Football as it should be
played was once more out of the question,
and we were obliged to engage in another
rough-and-tumble, from which we emerged
with a draw of 1-1 to our credit

The Corinthian team was the same as at
Fall River, with the exception that Wreford-
Brown came into the team, while Craig stood
down.

Fore River were represented by: — Collins
(goal) ; J. Smith and W. M'Gregor (backs) ;
J. Chaplin, Lyons, and M'Divett (halves);
McAllister, D. M'Donald, Elliot, J. M'Donald,
and R. Lewis (forwards).

Returning to New York, we sailed by the
Cunard Company's steamer Campania, and

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reached Liverpool, after a most enjoyable
tour, on September 22.

We had in the course of our travels played
seventeen matches, of which we won fourteen,
drew two, and lost one, scoring 122 goals
to 14. Taking into consideration the long
journeys which had to be made, and the
short time into which the seventeen matches
were crowded, the results cannot be described
as unsatisfactory. That the tour was marred
by one defeat was unfortunate, more especially
as this was only the second on foreign soil ;
yet this, together with the drawn games at
Seaforth and Fore River, were due, as no
one would deny, more to the roughness of
the ground than to any inferiority of our
team.

Wherever we met with good ground the
results were very decided, and I think one
of the first ways of encouraging and further-
ing the game on the right lines is in the
direction of better playing-grounds. To bring
out all the finer points of the sport, the ground
must be level. With so many good players
and keen organisers ready to hand, the time
should not be far distant when we shall send

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teams across the Atlantic to meet our friends
on far more even terms, and when we may be
enabled to entertain them in England, and so
repay a few of the many kindnesses we received
at their hands.

THE SHERIFF OF LONDON
SHIELD COMPETITION

THE SHERIFF OF LONDON
SHIELD COMPETITION

In 1898 a shield was offered by Sir Thomas
Dewar to be competed for by the best
professional and amateur side of the year,
the proceeds to be devoted to charity. A
committee was formed of the following —
Sir Thomas Dewar (donor), Lord Kinnaird
(president), Sir Reginald Hanson, Bart., M.P.,
Sir Francis Marindin, K.C.B., W. Bromley-
Davenport, Esq., M.P., H. M'Calmont, Esq.,
M.P., R. C. Gosling, Esq., Dr. Kemp,
N. L. Jackson, Esq., J. J. Bentley, Esq.,
C. Wreford-Brown, Esq. — who drew up the
necessary regulations, and from the outset
the competition has met with great success.
Up to the present time no less than some
^2700 has been distributed to hospitals and
other charitable institutions. The last two
seasons have been most satisfactory, over

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^1300 having been cleared as the result of
two matches.

In the allocation of the various amounts
London charities receive the greater portion,
but a certain amount is always distributed
among the charities of the town which the
professional team taking part in the com-
petition represents.

In order to compete in this competition it
was necessary for the Corinthians to alter their
rules, since Rule 7 states that " the club shall
not compete for any challenge cup or prizes
of any description whatever." The difficulty
was overcome by the addition of the note at
the end of the club's regulations.

Several changes in the committee have
taken place since the first year of the com-
petition, but those responsible at the present
time for its welfare are: Sir Thomas Dewar
(donor), Lord Kinnaird (president), J. J.
Bentley, Esq., C. Wreford- Brown, Esq., G. O.
Smith, Esq., W. R. Moon, Esq., C. B. Fry,
Esq., Sir William Treloar, and H. W. Hewitt,
Esq., the indefatigable honorary secretary.

Phvto ; Kusstl! &• Sois.

Crystal Palace Ground.

SHERIFF OF LONDON SHIELD 159

1897-1898

CORINTHIANS v. SHEFFIELD UNITED
(March 19)

The opening match in this competition was
played at the Crystal Palace, the Corinthians
being selected to do battle with Sheffield
United. Great interest was shown in the
match, and despite the fact that the drizzle
of the morning developed into a downpour
as the game began, over 20,000 people were
present. The teams were : —

Corinthians. — W. Campbell (goal) ; C. B. Fry, W.
J. Oakley (backs) ; B. Middleditch, C. Wreford-
Brown, F. M. Ingram (halves) ; R. C. Gosling,
W. F. H. Stanbrough, G. O. Smith, C. L.
Alexander, C J. Burnup (forwards).

Sheffield United. — Foulkes (goal); Thickett, Cain
(backs); Johnson, Morren, Needham (halves);
Bennett, M'Kay, Gaudie, Cunningham, Priest
(forwards).

Referee. — Mr. E. E. Stuart. Linesmen. —
Messrs. C. Squires and W. H. Bellamy.

Owing to injuries, the Corinthians were un-
fortunately robbed of the services of L. V.
Lodge and G. S. Wilson. The first half
was chiefly noticeable for the fine defence

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displayed on either side, in spite of the wet
ground and difficult conditions. In the early
stages of the game the players were continu-
ally pulled up for charges which the referee
deemed unnecessary, and this no doubt affected
the forward play, which can only be described
as moderate.

The second half provided more excitement,
for G. O. Smith and Burnup were continually
prominent; but they always found Cain and
Thickett overshadowing them, and when time
arrived nothing had been scored by either side.
For Sheffield United Needham was superb,
while Bennett and Cunningham showed great
pace and resource in face of the stubborn
defence of Wreford-Brown, Fry, and Oakley.
After a consultation it was decided to replay
the match on Monday, April 4.

Replayed Tie

The teams for the second encounter, which
was watched by some 8000 people at the
Crystal Palace, were both slightly different
from those which had done duty before. For
the amateurs R. Topham took the place of
Stanbrough, while W. L. Foster played left

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half in place of F. M. Ingram. The profes-
sionals' back division remained unaltered, while
the forwards were Bennett and Cunningham
(right wing), Hedley (centre), Almond and
Priest (left wing). Mr. Stuart was again
referee.

As in the previous encounter, the chief
feature of the game was the stout resistance
offered by the defence on either side. Fry
and Oakley were excellent at back, while
Middleditch and Wreford-Brown worked un-
tiringly, and were both at the top of their
form. Sheffield United scored the first goal
through the agency of Almond, following a
pass by Cunningham, which Fry just failed to
intercept. Fifteen minutes from the restart
R. Topham was fouled close to the goal
mouth, and a free kick was awarded to the
amateurs. Owing to the Sheffielders en-
croaching, the kick had to be taken a second
time, upon which occasion Foster equalised.
This was the extent of the scoring. The
amateurs had rather the best of the game
all through, but Sheffield were distinctly un-
lucky on more than one occasion in not
scoring. Though pressed to play extra time

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and endeavour to bring about a definite result,
the Yorkshiremen were obdurate, and insisted
upon standing by the result. Thus the two
teams became joint holders of the cup for the
first year of its institution.

1898-1899

QUEEN'S PARK, GLASGOW, v. ASTON VILLA
(March n)

At the Crystal Palace

The Corinthians were this season out of
form, chancing on one of those cycles of for-
tune that are bound to come to every club at
one time or another. They lost both matches
against Queen's Park — the one in London by
2-3, and that in Glasgow by 1-4, so their
rivals beyond the border were selected to do
duty in this year's competition against Aston
Villa.

Once again no decisive result could be ar-
rived at, and in spite of the fact that an extra
half-hour was this time played, no scoring took
place. This was the first and only time in the
history of the competition that a team other
than the Corinthians was chosen to represent
the amateurs.

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1899-1900
CORINTHIANS v. ASTON VILLA (No*. 8)

The match this year was arranged before
Christmas, but unfortunately it was found im-
possible to play it on a Saturday, and the attend-
ance at the Crystal Palace only amounted to
some 7000 in consequence.

Four games had now been played in the
competition without any decisive result accru-
ing, and it was evident from the pace at the
start of the game that no stone was to be left
unturned in order to bring about some definite
conclusion this year. Both sides were well re-
presented, though the Villa were unfortunate
in being deprived of the services of Crabtree,
who had injured himself while training the
evening before. The teams were : —

Corinthians.— W. Campbell (goal); C. B. Fry, W.
J. Oakley (backs); B. Middleditch, R. R. Barker,
H. Vickers (halves) ; G. C. Vassall, R. E. Foster,
G. O. Smith, G. P. Wilson, B. O. Corbett
(forwards).

Aston Villa. — George (goal) ; Spencer, Evans (backs) ;
Bowman, Wilks, Mann (halves) ; Athersmith,
Devey, Garraty, Wheldon, Smith (forwards).

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There had been a heavy rainfall during the
preceding week, and with more rain falling in the
morning, the water was lying in pools, making
the ground a veritable quagmire in places.
G. O. Smith won the toss, and, the Corinthians
defending the southern goal, the game began
at a great pace. The two opposing right
wings, Vassall and Athersmith, made several
dashing runs, only to be brought up in turn by
Spencer and Oakley. Play was very even, but
about ten minutes from half-time Smith got
away on the Villa left. He brought off a
brilliant run down the wing, and middling
accurately into the goal mouth, he had the
satisfaction of seeing Garraty head the ball
neatly into the net Four minutes later
Vassall was engaged in a similar performance,
and after beating his half and drawing the
opposing back, he centred to Foster, who beat
George with an excellent shot. Thus at half-
time the score stood at i-i.

On resuming Campbell was repeatedly called
upon to save from Garraty and Devey, but the
Corinthian back division, especially Vickers,
Middleditch, and Oakley, were very safe, and
the Villa forwards could not get the upper hand.

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There remained but twelve minutes when the
deciding point came. From a run by the
Corinthian left wing, G. O. Smith obtained
possession, and sending in a tremendous shot,
did not allow George the smallest oppor-
tunity of saving. The Villa fought hard to
equalise, but this proved the end of the scor-
ing, so that the Corinthians became the first
holders of the shield by the narrow margin
of 2-1.

It was a great game in spite of the unusually
heavy state of the ground, and was remark-
able chiefly for its openness and pace. The
amateurs played well to a man. The back
division seemed to get through an enormous
amount of work under most adverse conditions,
and even with C. B. Fry kors de combat for
some time towards the end of the game, they
always proved strong enough to stem the
opposing attack. Sir Thomas Dewar pre-
sented the shield to the winners at the close
of play, and expressed his pleasure in the fact
that some one had at last been found to take
possession of it.

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1900-1901
CORINTHIANS v. ASTON VILLA (March t)

This year found the Corinthians once more
opposed to their old friends Aston Villa at the
Crystal Palace.

Once more, too, they found the ground with
pools of water standing in many places, and a
threatening sky overhead. Yet in spite of this
the players rose superior to all difficulties,
and the large attendance which thronged the
slopes was afforded an excellent game. The
teams were : —

Corinthians. — G. E. Wilkinson (goal) ; W. J. Oakley,
C. B. Fry (backs) ; B. Middleditch, H. Thwaites,
H. Vickers (halves) ; R. G. Wright, R. E. Foster,
L. J. Moon, C F. Ryder, B. O. Corbett (for-
wards).

Aston Villa. — George (goal) ; Crabtree, Evans (backs) ;
Bowman, Cowan, Wilks (halves); Athersmith,
Devey, Johnson, Garraty, Smith (forwards).
Referee. — Captain Simpson.

Undoubtedly the absence of G. O. Smith
from the Corinthians' eleven was a great loss,
for although L. J. Moon played well in the
open, the presence of the great centre forward

Fhoto ; Russell &• Sons.

Corinthians v. Sheffield Wednesday, April 24, 1905.

J'hoto : Russell &• Sous.

Corinthians v. Aston Villa, March 2, 1901.

SHERIFF OF LONDON SHIELD 167

in front of goal, where so many chances were
missed in the first half, would probably have
made all the difference. During the first period
a fine exposition of the short passing game
was shown by both sides, and though the
Corinthians gave decidedly the more finished
display, the defence of both teams was so tena-
cious that no scoring took place. Throughout
the second half more open tactics were pursued,
and the wing men made many dashing runs ;
but the defence on either side seemed well-
nigh impregnable and likely to prevail. It
happened, however, some ten minutes before
time that Athersmith, who had changed places
with Devey, received a pass which gave him
just the necessary start of Oakley, and racing
through, he shot the only goal of the match.
A well-known football paper, in describing the
game, said : " When the match ended, and
the professionals were left victorious, the glory
was equally divided. Their steadiness and
endurance, the exact discipline and method,
which enabled them to outlast their opponents,
were deserving of such a reward ; but none the
less meritorious were the brilliant attacks and
strenuous defence of the amateurs, who, though

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they were weak, were also decidedly unlucky
in front of goal."

1901-1902

CORINTHIANS v. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
(March i)

The Charity Committee selected Tottenham
Hotspur to represent the professionals in this
year's contest. The fact that Aston Villa,
last years League winners, were not invited
to defend the shield caused a little astonish-
ment in Birmingham ; but the committee, in
regarding the interests of charity when they
chose the winners of the English Cup to
compete on their own ground at Tottenham,
were rewarded by a very large attendance.
The teams were: —

Corinthians. — G. E. Wilkinson (goal) ; C. B. Fry,
W. U. Timmis (backs) ; G. B. Pollock-Hodsoll,
H. Thwaites, H. Vickers (halves) ; M. H. Stan-
brough, R. E. Foster, H. Morgan-Owen, G. P.
Wilson, B. O. Corbett (forwards).

Tottenham Hotspur. — Clawley (goal); Erentz, Tait
(backs) ; Morris, Hughes, Jones (halves) ;
Smith, Cameron, Browne, Copeland, Kirwan
(forwards).

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It will be noticed that the Corinthians were
not at full strength, neither G. O. Smith,
W. J, Oakley, nor M. Morgan-Owen being
able to play, while the Tottenham side had
exactly the same eleven which had won the
F.A. Cup the previous season. Throughout
the first half play was of an even character,
and, though the Corinthian goal-keeper had
several anxious moments, he managed to keep
his charge intact. The amateurs, owing to
better combination and shooting, made the
most of their opportunities, and at half-time
were leading by 2 goals to nothing, both
scored by H. Morgan-Owen. The second
half was somewhat sensational, for the pro-
fessionals outplayed their opponents on every
hand, and with the Corinthian halves practi-
cally collapsing, they scored 5 goals and won
by 5-2. The shield was presented to the
winners by Colonel Probyn, who warmly con-
gratulated them upon their great performance.

1902-1903
CORINTHIANS v. SUNDERLAND (Feb. 28)

As was the case the previous season, the
Tottenham Hotspur ground was the scene

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chosen for this match. The teams selected
were : —

Corinthians. — G. E. Wilkinson (goal); Rev. W.
Blackburn, W. U. Timmis (backs); P. P.
Braithwaite, M. Morgan - Owen, H. Vickers
(halves) ; M. H. Stanbrough, K. Corbett,
R. G. Wright, C F. Ryder, B. O. Corbett
(forwards).

Sunderland. — Doig (goal) ; M'Combie, Watson
(backs); Farquhar, McAllister, Jackson (halves);
Hogg, Robinson, Miller, Hewitt, Bridgett (for-
wards).

Referee. — Mr. A. Green.

With little or no grass to be seen, and the
surface in a greasy condition, accurate passing
and kicking became very difficult Still, these
conditions appeared to affect the professionals
but little, and they gave a display of collec-
tive excellence from start to finish, and won
by 3-0.

The Corinthian back division played with
Vickers, Blackburn, and Braithwaite continu-
ally breaking up the combination of the
Sunderland forwards, who were very ably led
by Miller in the centre. But the amateur
forwards were an untried combination; they
had not played together before, and they

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proved totally ineffective as a whole. Occa-
sional individual breaks caused some anxiety
to the Sunderland defence, but before the
game was many minutes old it was plain that
the amateurs were not likely to fall in with
one another's play or show any cohesion in
attack. The professional backs were com-
plete masters of the situation from start to
finish, and it really reflected great credit upon
the Corinthian defence that they only allowed
three goals to be scored against them.

Lord Kinnaird, President of the Football
Association, presented the medals and shield
to the winning side.

1903-1904
CORINTHIANS v. BURY (March 5)

This season found the Corinthians opposed
to Bury on their own ground at Queen's
Club. The League team had a very strong
side out, claiming nine of the eleven who had
won the Football Association Cup the pre-
vious year. The amateurs had, with the one
exception of S. H. Day at inside-right, the
same team which had defeated Stoke on the

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previous Saturday after a very fine perform-
ance. The teams were: —

Corinthians. — T. S. Rowlandson (goal) ; Rev. W.
Blackburn, W. U. Timmis (backs) ; H. Vickers,
M. Morgan-Owen, H. A. Lowe (halves) ; G. C.
Vassall, S. H. Day, G. S. Harris, S. S. Harris,
B. O. Corbett (forwards).

Bury. — Monteith (goal) ; Lindsay, M'Ewan (backs) ;
Johnston, Thorpe, Ross (halves) ; Richards,
Swann, Sagar, Wood, Plant (forwards).

Referee. — Captain Simpson.

Linesmen. — H. W. Hewitt, W. J. Oakley.

The turf was in excellent order, and the
weather conditions, except for a stiff breeze,
were not unfavourable. Playing with the
wind behind them, the professionals pressed
from the start, and the game was no more
than ten minutes old when they had placed
two goals to their credit through the instru-
mentality of Plant and Sagar. The outlook
did not seem very promising for the Corin-
thians ; but their forwards soon got into their
stride, and G. S. Harris from a pass by
Vassall beat Monteith. Encouraged by this
success, the amateurs strained every nerve,
and within five minutes Day had added
two more goals. Shortly after S. S. Harris

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scored again, and half-time arrived with the
score 4-2.

After so inauspicious a beginning this result
was very creditable; but the second half of
the game provided the greatest surprise, for
the Corinthians, exhibiting perfect combina-
tion and wonderful dash, swept everything
before them, and when " time " arrived had
scored 10 goals to their opponents' 3. S. S.
Harris registered 5, G. S. Harris 3, and
S. H. Day 2.

It was perhaps the most remarkable dis-
play in the annals of the club, for never before
had the Corinthians shown such perfect com-
bination, dash, and shooting. The Bury side
were putting their utmost into their efforts,
but were outmanoeuvred at every point, and
appeared helpless against the sweeping rushes
of the amateurs, which, they afterwards ad-
mitted, were unlike anything they had met
with before. It would be invidious to dilate
on the merits of any particular players on
the amateur side, for every member of the
team was at the top of his form. For Bury,
perhaps Sagar, Plant, and Swann were the
most conspicuous; and though Monteith was

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beaten on so many occasions, yet it is doubt-
ful whether he could have stopped any of the
shots which scored. Lord Alverstone pre-
sented the shield and medals to the winning
team amidst much enthusiasm.

1904-1905

CORINTHIANS v. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
(April 24)

At the Crystal Palace

This season's match was decided on Easter
Monday, the Corinthians opposing Sheffield
Wednesday at the Crystal Palace.

There were some 15,000 people present, and
the ground being hard and dry, a fast game
ensued. The following were the teams: —

Corinthians. — T. S. Rowlandson (goal) 5 O. T. Norris,
W. U. Timmis (backs) ; J. D. Craig, M. Morgan-
Owen, H. Vickers (halves) ; G. C. Vassall, S.
H. Day, G. & Harris, S. S. Harris, E. G. D.
Wright (forwards).

Sheffield Wednesday. — Lyall (goal) ; Layton, Burton
(backs) ; Ruddlesden, Crawshaw, Bartlett
(halves) ; Davis, Brittleton, Wilson, Stewart,
Simpson (forwards).

Referee. — Captain W. Simpson. Linesmen. —
Messrs. H. W. Hewitt and L. V. Lodge.

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The first half was full of incident, the forwards
on either side showing excellent combination.
The Corinthians were the first to score. The
game had only been in progress some three
minutes when Vassall centred across the goal
and G. S. Harris dashed in and scored from
close quarters. This proved the extent of the
scoring up to half-time. Directly after the
interval Ruddlesden gave Davis an oppor-
tunity of getting down the wing, and, Row-
landson failing to quite clear his shot, Wilson
rushed the ball into the net. Thus encouraged,
the professionals pressed continuously, and, with
Wilson scoring again a quarter of an hour
from time, they eventually won by 2-1. It
was an excellent game, fast and full of interest.
In the open there was little to choose between
the teams, but the amateur insides were dis-
tinctly weak in front of goal, and made little
use of the many opportunities given them by
their wing men.

Sir T. R. Dewar, M.P., presented the shield
to the winning team, for whom Crawshaw, the
captain, replied.

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1905-1906
CORINTHIANS v. LIVERPOOL (April 28)

Exceptional interest was taken in this year's
contest with Liverpool in the Charity Shield
Competition, owing to the fact that during
the season only one of the 22 matches played
by the amateurs had been lost, while Liver-
pool were generally admitted to be the finest
team in the country. It was perhaps a pity,
from the Corinthian point of view, that the
game was played so late in the season. All
their important fixtures had been completed
some time before, and the relaxation of an
easy continental tour was unlikely to have
the effect of keeping the team up to the
mark.

The game was played at Fulham, and the
sides were : —

Corinthians. — T. S. Rowlandson (goal) ; Rev. W.
Blackburn and W. U. Timmis (backs) ; J. D.
Craig, M. Morgan-Owen (captain), and K. R. G.
Hunt (half-backs); G. C Vassall, S. H. Day,
G. S. Harris, S. S. Harris, and E. G. D.
Wright (forwards).

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Liverpool — Hardy (goal) ; West and Dunlop (backs) ;
Parry, Raisbeck (captain), and Bradley (half-
backs) ; Goddard, Parkinson, Hewitt, Ray-
bould, and Cox (forwards).

Referee. — Mr. P. R. Harrower. Linesmen. —
Messrs. H. W. Hewitt and R. E. Foster.

It will be noticed that the amateurs had
exactly the same front line as at the Crystal
Palace in the previous season's contest, while
Hunt and Blackburn took the places of
N orris and Vickers in the back division.
The Corinthian display was certainly dis-
appointing. The forwards, though frequently
prominent in the earlier stages of the game,
were spasmodic in their efforts, and with the
back division scarcely showing their best form,
they were seldom really dangerous till the
result was a foregone conclusion.

At half-time Liverpool were leading by 2-0,
Hewitt scoring from a m616e in front of goal,
and Raybould turning to account a fine effort
on the part of Goddard. During the last half
the Liverpool team played superb football, and
adding three more goals to the Corinthians'
one (by S. S. Harris), were thus victorious
by 5-1.

The Corinthians were doubtless caught on

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an off-day, Vassall, Timmis, and Rowlandson
alone showing their true form ; but too great
a tribute cannot be paid to the excellent
football played by the professionals, who
thoroughly deserved their victory.

The shield and medals were presented by
Lord Kinnaird at the close of the game, a
special medal being presented to Mr. H. W.
Hewitt, the Hon. Secretary of the competi-
tion, who worked so untiringly to bring the
arrangements to such a successful issue.

WINNERS OF THE SHIELD

1897-98 — Corinthians drew V.Sheffield United (0-0), March

19, and (1-1) April 4 (at the Crystal Palace).
1898-99— Queen's Park (Glasgow) drew v. Aston Villa

(0-0), March n, after an extra half-hour (at

the Crystal Palace).
1 899-1 900— Corinthians beat Aston Villa (2-1), November

8 (at the Crystal Palace).
1900-1 — Aston Villa beat Corinthians (1-0), March 2 (at

the Crystal Palace).
1901-2 — Tottenham Hotspur beat Corinthians (5-2),

March 1 (at Tottenham).
1902-3 — Sunderland beat Corinthians (3-0), February 28

(at Queen's Club).
1903-4 — Corinthians beat Bury (10-3), March 5 (at

Queen's Club).

1904-5 — Sheffield Wednesday beat Corinthians (2-1),

April 24 (at the Crystal Palace).
1905-6— Liverpool beat Corinthians (5-1), April 28 (at

Fulham).

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GOAL-KEEPING

By T. S. Rowlandson

The lot of a goal-keeper may not be con-
sidered the most enviable on the field, and
it is certainly one of the most nerve-trying.

All other players have each their oppor-
tunity of retrieving any chance mistake by
a brilliant recovery. Not so with the goal-
keeper ; he has to wait in solitary sorrow
till the opposing side may again be pleased
to test his abilities. This may to some
extent explain why many goal-keepers display
marvellous powers in practice games, yet in
an important match seem to lose all their
activity and cleverness before the eyes of a
large crowd.

Yet the art of goal-keeping is not without
its interest. Of course, one of the greatest
advantages to a goal-keeper is being able
always to play behind the same pair of backs.

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He gets thoroughly acquainted with their play,
knows where to find them at a corner-kick,
and has no fears that they will obstruct his
view of the ball.

Moreover, many backs are very fond of
passing back to the goal-keeper when hard
pressed. If the goal-keeper is not aware of
this habit, the back may unfortunately accom-
plish what the opposing forward has long been
trying to do.

In taking a goal-kick it is always advisable
to use the instep, and not the toe of one's foot,
as in the latter case the ball has an awkward
tendency to skid off in the wrong direction,
especially on a wet day, with the result that a
well-meant pass often finds itself at the foot
of an opposing forward. For this very reason
it is always best to kick a wet, greasy ball
towards the touch-line, away from the centre.
In the case of a hard low shot, the goal-keeper
should always try and pick the ball up with
his hands in the same way as he would field a
ball at cricket, remembering that a ball thrown
to a half or back is often of more advantage
to the side than a reckless punt down the field.
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the case that a goal-keeper has only time to
punch the ball away with his fists. Still, he
is generally able to take the precaution of
punching it away to the side of the ground.

Perhaps the most dreadful moment in the
life of a goal-keeper is when he has to face
a penalty-kick. Naturally every goal-keeper
has his own theory of how and where to stand
at such a trying time. My own idea is to
stand on one side of the goal, and at the
moment when the ball is being kicked, to move
sharply across the goal mouth with the eyes
fixed on the man, and not the ball. By this
method the intention of the enemy is more
easily divined.

Next to saving a penalty, a goal-keeper's
nerve is most tested when a forward breaks
through the defence and runs free towards
the goal. In such a case many a goal-keeper
has been censured for running out to meet
the opponent ; but I feel sure that more goals
are saved than lost by this policy. The for-
ward is very apt to be bustled by an advancing
goal-keeper, while in any case he has a less
open goal at which to shoot.

It may not be out of place to say a word

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about training. It is a very prevalent idea
that a goal- keeper needs no training ; but
surely training quickens the eye, and no goal-
keeper can achieve any great success unless
he does all in his power to increase his quick-
ness and activity. For years it has been my
practice to kick a ball against the wall of a
large barn, and then to pick it up and punch
it on the rebound.

Lastly, a goal-keeper should always be pro-
vided with two pairs of boots for dry and wet
grounds, as well as a pair of woollen gloves,
which will be found especially useful if the ball
is likely to be at all greasy.

FULL-BACK PLAY

By L. V. Lodge

Leaving the goal-keeper out of account, a
full back on an average covers less ground
than any other player. The position, how-
ever, is a difficult one to fill really well, and
a weak back will often wreck an otherwise
brilliant side. Of course, he must be beaten
at times, through no fault of his own, by the
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let him down badly; or he may have been
fairly and squarely outmanoeuvred by the
cleverness of the opposition. A back does
not deserve severe censure for this. But it is
quite another thing when a goal is scored
following on a miskick or a half-hearted tackle
or an error in heading ; these are real crimes,
and just the sort of blunders that lose a close
game.

Accurate kicking can be to a very great
extent acquired by practice, but if a young
player wants to improve quickly he must use
his wits and work out the art of kicking intel-
ligently and in detail, just as a cricketer works
out his strokes at the nets. The first thing to
realise is that the instep, and not the toe, is
the important part of the foot ; and if any one
doubts the truth of this statement, let him
volley a high dropping wettish ball with the
toe only. Not only do you get a longer and
lower ball with the instep kick, but it is a
much truer one, and one that has the double
advantage of going very fast through the air
and yet being easily taken by a forward, owing
to its back spin. The " push " shot with any
iron club in golf is an exact parallel. Having

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once acquired this kick, the rest is fairly plain
sailing. Use the left foot from the start as
much as the right, and screw-kick whenever
it is possible, as it is much easier to direct
accurately a moving ball in this way. Length
in kicking is a question of following through,
being well balanced, and perfect timing, so
as to get the full weight of the body into
the kick. To avoid miskicking, a back must
always watch the flight of the ball very care-
fully, and be a good judge of distance : more
especially must he study the spin on the ball.
A batsman who does not distinguish between
a leg and an off break from the movement of
the bowler's hand soon loses his wicket, and
a back who has not realised which way the
ball is likely to turn is continually mis-
kicking.

High kicking is a mistake ; aim rather at
getting the ball just clear of the opposition to
a man unmarked. A back has many chances
during a game of setting his forward machinery
going if he will only use his eyes and wits.
A big kick over the heads of the forwards to
the opposing backs is generally quite useless,
and only wears out the side.

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The next important part of a back's game
is tackling.

In this most difficult art, success depends
upon the player choosing the exact fraction
of a second to make his effort. If the for*
ward has the ball completely under his control,
the back must get within tackling distance
as soon as he can, and watch for his oppor-
tunity like a cat watches a mouse. When
his chance comes he must dash in fearlessly,
going straight for the ball and charging his
man, if necessary, at the same time. He
may have to retreat some distance before
the forward lets him in, but, except at close
quarters to goal, this is vastly better than
making a wild dash too soon and letting his
opponent through.

Some players have the natural gift of being
able to anticipate the movements of a forward,
and always seem to be in the right place for
intercepting passes. This, as I say, is to a
very great extent a natural gift ; but a lot can
be done by looking about to see where the
danger lies, and in having the field of play
always in one's eye.

Success in tackling to a very great extent

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depends on a player starting quickly. Having
once made up his mind, he must get off the
mark at once ; and, above all things, he must
when tackling not turn his back. If after all
he misses his tackle, he must be ready to turn
quickly so as to have a second go at his man.
When he has succeeded in depriving his oppo-
nent of the ball, a back should always look
for an opening before getting rid of it. He
so often has a clear road in front of him that
he may safely dribble up the field, drawing
the defence away from his own forwards, and
settling where he can make the best pass. At
close quarters to goal, however, he should kick
at once, his one idea being to get the ball out
of the danger zone as soon as possible.

To be a thoroughly sound defender, a back
must be not only a good kick and sound
tackier, but at the same time an accurate
header. With a little intelligent practice he
can soon master this part of the game.

As in kicking, balance and perfect timing
are the secrets of success. The balance de-
pends almost entirely on the arms at the
moment of impact being extended on a
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turned inwards. He must jump to meet the
ball, and in so doing stiffen his body from
head to toe, receive it on the forehead, never
having taken his eye off it. A very common
mistake for young players to make is to drop
the eyes at the moment of heading. This is
the reason for mistiming. A really high-class
header, by a skilful movement of the neck
which enables him in a sort of way to throw
his head at the ball, keeping the body quite
rigid, can move the ball a surprising distance.

Heading with the back and side of the head
is rarely wanted, but if the forward head is
once mastered he will find very little difficulty
with these variations. The backs should com-
bine not only with one another, but with their
halves and goal-keeper. A pass back to the
latter will often get the defence out of a diffi-
culty ; but if the pass is made it is of the utmost
importance to shield the goal-keeper as far as
possible by keeping off the opposing forwards.

My last piece of advice to a back is " to be
strong and of a good courage."

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HOW TO PLAY HALF-BACK
By B. Middleditch

So much has been written during the last
few years about football, cricket, golf, and every
branch of sport, that one sometimes wonders
how people got on before there was any litera-
ture on these subjects, and if it has had any
really good results. There is no doubt that
the general standard of excellence has gone up
a great deal. Not that the giants of the pre-
sent day are any better than those of former
years, especially when one takes into account
the greater facilities and improved condition
to-day. The natural footballer, cricketer, or
golfer soon finds out for himself what is the
right thing to do. But it is the average person
who gets the most help from reading, and this
is probably one of the chief reasons for this
improved standard.

This is my apology for trying to put down a
few hints on how to play half-back. I cannot
cover all the ground, but will simply touch
on a few of those points that seem of most
importance.

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Being in the Right Place

Everything depends on being in the right
place, so that you make the opposing forward
pass the ball where he does not want to, or
prevent him passing it to a particular man.

If you watch a good half-back, it is surpris-
ing what a lot of running about he sometimes
does without even touching the ball, and the
casual observer goes away with the impres-
sion that he is off colour or not much good.
The full backs, however, will tell quite a dif-
ferent tale, and the reason for so many attacks
being broken up was because the halves were
in the right place and made the opposing for-
wards pass the ball where the full backs could
get it. This sounds very simple, but it is
more than half the battle. In fact, it is just
the difference between a first and a second class
player. The former is always in the right
place. He seems to forecast events, and to
know from the general trend of the game that
the ball will be passed to a certain place, and
he is there ready for it. Of course, experience
goes for a lot, and you can improve immensely
by playing, watching, and carefully thinking

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out the various cases ; but some people are so
exceptionally good at intercepting passes that
it seems as if they were possessed with a kind
of second sight

It is of the utmost importance for the full
back and half to know each other's play. For
instance, there are two methods open to a
wing half in marking the forwards ; either he
watches the outside forward almost exclu-
sively and leaves the inside to the centre half
and full back, or he more or less goes for
whichever of the two wing forwards has the
ball. The former plan I believe is the better,
especially if the outside forward is fast and
clever. You can nearly always get into such
a position that you have a few yards' start, if it
does come to the question of sprinting for the
ball, and when the inside finds that his passes
to the wing are either intercepted or spoilt he
is forced to alter his usual game ; and if, as is
probably the case, he is accustomed to relying
on his wing man, the general plan of attack is
disorganised.

Tackling

Don't hesitate ; make up your mind quickly,
and then go for the ball hard and strong. This

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is the secret of tackling. Stop the man if you
cannot get the ball, for by this means you at
any rate prevent the ball being repassed to
him. In football, like most games, it is a ques-
tion of Jteeping your eye on the ball. Occa-
sionally, however, you come across a man who
seems to mesmerise you if you watch his feet,
and you find he is round you before you know
where you are. In such a case it is a good
plan to fix your attention on stopping the man
and let the ball be a secondary consideration.
I am afraid this sounds rough, and would
horrify many referees, but of course I mean
stop him by fair means ; there is nothing unfair
in a good fair and square charge, and it is cer-
tainly a very exhilarating part of the game.

Feeding the Forwards

Few things are of more importance than
passing accurately to the forwards. Vou so
often see a half tackle well, get the ball, and
then spoil everything by kicking too hard or
making a clumsy pass to his forwards.

Keep the ball on the ground whenever it is
possible to do so. It is so much easier to
take a pass of this kind than one in which

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the ball is bumping about. And by passing
to a forward is not always meant passing
straight at him. Often the most deadly pass
is one to a spot, perhaps fifteen or twenty
yards away, to which he can get before any
one else.

Then, again, don't make it obvious to whom
you are going to pass. Always use up a man
before you get rid of the ball by drawing the
opposing half, and so clear the ground for your
forwards. I do not mean that you should
always try to dribble round the man, but
endeavour to make some one who is marking
your forwards come and tackle you, and then
get rid of the ball as soon as you can. You
will frequently find in such a case that one of
the forwards on the other wing is quite un-
marked, and you have made a good opening
for him.

Dribbling is often overdone. A half should
hardly ever keep the ball if there is an oppor-
tunity of passing to a forward in a good posi-
tion. And yet you often see a half dribble
round an opponent, and then, instead of pass-
ing at once to a forward, go on and try to trick
the next man that tackles him. This is far

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too risky; for if he does get the ball taken
from him, as is often the case, he leaves the
opposing forwards quite unmarked, often with
disastrous results.

Now this leads to one of the most difficult
problems of half-back play — namely, when the
opposing half has the ball and comes dribbling
down the field trying to draw the defence,
should you go and tackle him at once and
make him pass, or should you fall back and
keep marking the opposing forwards? It is
impossible to lay down any hard-and-fast rule
in such a case. You must be guided by cir-
cumstances. If you are near your own goal
line, you should almost always go out and
tackle the man at once, or he will get in a shot
at goal. If you are farther up the field, it
depends on whether your own forwards are
sprinting back to help you, as they most cer-
tainly should be. If they are, it is usually
safer to fall back with the opposing forwards,
and not be drawn. It is one of those cases
where experience tells. The man who is a
sound judge of the game will seldom go
wrong.

A half must be on the outlook to receive a

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pass back again from his forwards. Some for-
wards I know seem to forget that this is a way
out of a difficulty, and will not pass back under
any circumstances. This is a great mistake ;
for just as a half when he is in a tight corner
often passes back to his full back, so a forward
when he is in a similar position should make
use of his half. Great care must be taken,
however, not to overdo this passing back ; for,
after all, the main object is to get the ball
through the goal, and much time is often
wasted in triangular passing in mid-field with-
out making any ground. This may be very
pretty to look at, but it is often simply waste
of time from a goal-getting point of view.

Heading

This is most useful, and quite invaluable in
getting the ball from a goal kick. This, again,
comes quite naturally to some, but it is astonish-
ing how one can improve by a little practice.
Try and see how long you could keep the ball
up with another man by heading it backward
and forward to each other. It is quite good
fun, and yod will find that your powers in this
direction soon increase.

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Shooting

A centre half gets many good opportunities
for a shot at goal ; a wing half fewer, but still
quite enough to make it well worth while
practising this part of the game. Learn to
take the ball as it comes with either foot
Don't steady it, for there is generally no time
to do so in a match. Probably there is only
a fraction of a second when you have an open-
ing, and you must nip in and take it then and
there, or lose your chance.

Use the instep in shooting, and time it like
a half volley at cricket, getting well over the
ball so as to keep it low.

Corner Kicking

I think it is better for the wing forward to
take the corners, for sqme of the most dan-
gerous rushes occur when the field is clear
just after a corner kick.

It is safer, therefore, for the halves to be
ready, and not too far forward.

If, however, the half does take the corner
kicks, he must make sure of getting the ball
in front of goal.

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Don't try and cut it too fine and put the ball
behind. It is very annoying to find corner
after corner wasted. Much, again, can be
done by practice.

Training

Some time ago in one of the magazines there
was a diagram of a football field, on which were
traced in fine lines the wanderings of a half in
a particular match, and the distance he covered
during the game was calculated to be about
eight miles.

The same thing was done for a forward and
a full back, these distances being about six and
three miles respectively.

This alone shows that to play half well you
must be fit and in thorough training. The
centre half is undoubtedly the hardest worked
man on the field. He is the pivot on which
the whole side turns. Nothing is more disas-
trous than having a weak man in this position,
while a really capable player here is one of the
chief factors in the formation of a good side.
There is very little breathing space, for you
must be up with the forwards in attack, and
the next minute back defending your own goal.

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It is unpleasant, both mentally and physically,
to find that you are letting your side down
through inability to last to the end of a hard-
fought game ; therefore, for your own peace of
mind, as well as for your own personal comfort,
take care to be in good hard training.

HALF-BACK PLAY
By M. Morgan-Owen

No one will deny that the strength of any
football team depends mainly on its half-back
line. No matter how strong the forwards are,
they can do little unless opportunities are
given them; while, however skilful the two
backs may be, they will stand no chance of
successfully keeping out the attack if their
half-backs are weak. Half-backs, then, are
both offensive and defensive players, who can
seldom do too much work. They must be
able to head well, and so save that portion of
a second which is often so important ; they
must be ready to act as extra forwards or
extra backs as the play fluctuates ; and, above
all, must make openings for their forwards by
drawing the defence and passing accurately.

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As it is the getting of goals that wins
matches, and as a strong attack constitutes
a strong defence, the offensive work of a half-
back will be first dealt with.

One often finds a good team unable to beat
an inferior team because the latter defend so
stubbornly and pack their goal so closely. It
is then that the half-back may in particular
do good work. It. is his duty to open out
the game, particularly by making use of his
wing forwards, and to avoid concentration of
attack by excess of the inside game.

Passing should always be done in such a
way as will be most convenient for the for-
ward to take. It should be made along the
ground, and a little ahead of the player who
is to receive it, so that he may take it on the
run and lose no time in getting away. The
half-back has to take in the position of the
field instinctively, in order to gain every ad-
vantage of his opponents' weakness, and he
must keep his eye on the ball and send it on
smartly and suddenly to take the defence by
surprise. The half-back should never show
his hand, or give any inkling of what he
intends to do. In making a pass with the

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head, he must try and put sufficient, and no
more, pace on the ball for it to just reach the
forward easily.

Care must also be taken not to pass to a
forward who is marked, and obviously has no
chance of doing anything with the ball. Too
many wing halves seem to forget that there
is more than the one forward wing in front
of them, while, on the other hand, they are
often content to defend against their one out-
side man, and never trouble about the other
opposing forwards.

Coming to the defensive tactics to be pur-
sued, speaking generally, there are two ways
of portioning out the defence. The first is
for the wing halves to mark the outside for-
wards, the backs the inside forwards, and the
centre half the centre forward. It is the
centre half's duty to threaten or tackle, if
possible, any inside forward with the ball,
while the backs lie at hand to intercept any
pass. This is the Corinthian plan of cam-
paign, and, with the backs lying well up and
in close touch with the halves, has seemed to
answer well. The other arrangement is for the
three halves to mark the three inside forwards,

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with the full backs lying midway between the
inside and outside men, and ready to " go for "
the outside whenever an occasion arises.

The Liverpool team have certainly made
use of this scheme for some years, and have,
too, upset strong Corinthian lines of forwards
by the unusual plan of defence.

Still, whatever mode of campaign is em-
ployed, the half-back individually has several
things to think of in defending his side.

He must tackle strongly and firmly. A
very good way of tackling is to get the foot
well behind the ball, and then put as much
weight as possible on the leg in use — in short,
"plant oneself."

It is often very difficult to know exactly
when to tackle, and great judgment must be
used therefore. One should never rush in
blindly ; it is generally better, if the opponent
is already in possession of the ball, to play a
waiting game till he gives an opportunity to
dash in, and then do so in no half-hearted
manner. It will generally be found best to
always play "on the ball" when tackling, but
on one's quickness in making the move de-
pends the entire success of the tackle. It can

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be seen from the above remarks that it is
essential for the halves and forwards to have
a good understanding among themselves, and
no less so must combination exist among the
back division. Just as a forward will be often
called upon to do, a half-back, when hard
pressed or unable to clear, can often simplify
his position by passing back to another half or
a back more favourably placed than himself.
It is a matter of tactics, and will very often
prove a saving of useless and ineffective energy.

Half-backs can very often, by combining
among themselves, take the ball well up the
field before giving it to a forward. Profes-
sionals do this a great deal, but very often
sacrifice quick effective play to excess of com-
bination, which gives their opponents time to
get back and recover their position. Like
other players, half-backs must, though they
have more licence when playing on the ball,
keep their places, and not leave too great a
space between themselves and the opponents
they have especially to mark.

It is absolutely essential for a half-back, and
particularly a centre half, to be able to head
well, as a means not only of passing, but also

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of getting the ball out of danger as soon as
possible. Too much importance cannot be
attached to this part of his duties.

One of the most heartrending things for a
half-back to see is the opposing forwards
bringing the ball down untackled by the
inside forwards. He has, under these cir-
cumstances, to go forward with very little
chance of success, for they have only to pass
to their neighbour to avoid him.

It is undoubtedly a good thing for a half-
back to play forward sometimes. It enables
him to appreciate his many difficulties, and
to discover for himself what sort of passes
should be made under various circumstances.

Finally, to be successful, a half-back must
always be cool and collected, and the possessor
of great patience and endurance.

FORWARD PLAY
By G. O. Smith

The two great essentials of forward play
are speed and trickiness. The physical
strength of a back may enable him to dispense
with any great need for dribbling powers,

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for his duty is more to stem the tide of attack,
and his efforts at dribbling would not meet
with any whole-hearted approval from the rest
of his side ; but the forward has a constructive
more than a destructive work to perform —
he has to build up, while the back is chiefly
concerned with knocking down, and as the
best way to defend is to attack, the forward
is called upon to play a most important as
well as a most interesting part in the field
of football.

Perhaps it may be as well to deal with the
forwards severally, taking the outside men first.

The wing man must above all be fast, as
it is his duty to take the ball down the field
at full speed; and for this reason he should
always lie well up the field, taking care not
to be offside. And yet he must be able to
pass well enough to indulge in a combined
effort with his nearest neighbour.

It is always well for him to keep close
to the touch-line, because he thereby widens
the field which the opposing backs have to
defend, and he has, moreover, a great tempta-
tion to resist. An outside forward must, if
possible, deny himself the pleasure of passing

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the last back and rushing to the goal-line
before he centres. For he must remember
that that last twenty yards gives the opposing
defence time to get back, while, being himself
so close to the goal-line, he will most probably
have to centre back while going at full speed,
a most difficult feat to perform accurately. It
is best, then, to centre just before being tackled
by the last back, and to make the pass along
the ground if possible.

The two inside forwards need not be so
fast as the outsides, but they must be exceed-
ingly accurate in their passing. They are
the connecting links between the centre and
outsides, and in consequence they must be
always ready to sacrifice any individual bril-
liance to good combination. Their first duty
is to pass to the outsides or centre, but they
must not forget that a quick pass to the
opposite wing has often far-reaching results.

Last, not least, comes the centre forward.
His is a most difficult as well as a most re-
sponsible post Surrounded as he is on every
side by foes, he has many duties to perform.
He must keep his forwards together, feed his
wings, and make openings for shots at goal

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for his two inside men, whilst he must himself
be able to make the most of any opening
which presents itself. He should, therefore,
be a good shot at goal, and above all a most
accurate passer, and while worrying the de-
fence by short, sharp passes to his insides,
be ever on the alert to send the ball to the
outside men whenever he sees they are free
to make a sheer sprint down the wing. The
position of centre forward offers great scope
for individual brilliancy. He must so balance
himself as to be able to turn sharply in any
direction, while at the same time concealing
his intentions from his opponents. By rushing
off to one side he is often able to draw off
the defence to that wing, and then, by a sharp
turn, he can send the ball to the unmarked
wing before the opposing backs have divined
his strategy. But a centre forward must be
careful not to dribble too much, and no centre
forward can adequately fulfil his position unless
he is a good shot at goal. It often pays the
centre forward to hang back a little in front
of goal. The insides can then divert the
attention of the backs, and by passing sharply
back, give him a free shot at goal.

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To take the forwards collectively, the most
important fact for each to remember is that
he is a part of a wt\ole. Individualism must
be sacrificed to combination, and any tendency
towards selfish play must be suppressed.
" Union is strength " is not a bad motto for
forward play.

Again, a forward, besides passing accurately
to his companions, must always put himself
into a position to receive a pass, as he thus
makes the game easier for the other forwards.
And with the same object in view he must
always be ready to keep off an opposing
back.

In the third place, a forward should pass
along the ground wherever possible, for other-
wise light-weight players are always at a dis-
advantage, and the work of the back division
is much easier when the ball is in the air.

As regards shooting, it is always best to
shoot with the instep, and not the toe, as by
this means more control is gained over the
direction and strength of the shot. The best
shot is a low cross-shot into the corner of
the goal, which yrill always £est a goal-keeper's
ability.

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On hard grounds, when the ball is light
and dry, forwards should not shoot unless
they have a fair chance of scoring, but on
wet grounds it is a good rule to shoot when-
ever possible.

FORWARD PLAY
By S. S. Harris

It seems almost superfluous to attempt to
write anything new on the above title, so often
has it been treated before ; yet different players
have different theories, and it is a subject of
such interest to followers of football, that in
spite of everything it is not a very difficult
matter to compass. There are, I think, three
distinct types of forward play. There is the
three-inside game, the wing game, and, lastly,
the open game all along the line. The first
of these styles is one in which the three insides
make the most of the play, and keep the out-
side merely as something to make use of in
case of emergency. The effect of this method
when well played is very pretty and most
efficacious. It is a case of through-passing ;
one or other of the insides draws the backs,

o

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slips the ball through between them, and his
partner, on the alert for the pass, goes straight
past the unsuspecting back and is left with an
open goal. It is a game of waiting for oppor-
tunities given you by your fellow, and, in turn,
working for a position to give him a chance of
beating the backs. Theoretically one succeeds
every time, but there is a distinct risk attached
to it, and that is the danger of overdoing
matters. The result of this is that the three
insides crowd on one another, and the attack
is then easily broken up by the opposing
defence. I propose to give an example of
this later on. The second method of play,
the wing game, is when most of the combina-
tion is done by the two wings with a view
to getting the ball down the field ; then at
the last minute the outside either centres well
across or pushes the ball back to his partner,
who is waiting in position for a shot in front
of goal. This is a first-rate method of attack
if the centre forward is an individualist and a
good shot ; but here, again, the opposing defence
will in time grasp the idea, and then the back
and two halves will usually be able to frustrate
it. In my opinion the most effective method

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of all is the last — the open game — as played
by the Corinthians in Cobbolds time. The
Corinthian forwards of the present day have
gained a great reputation for inside play.
Personally, I am convinced that our best dis-
plays have been when we have kept the game
open; generally speaking, during the past
year we have not shown the scoring capacity
of two years ago, and on many occasions the
forward play has been disappointing. This, to
my mind, is because we stuck too exclusively
to the inside game, became crowded and
hustled by the defence, and consequently soon
fell to pieces ; then, in order to try and remedy
matters, some of us went to the other extreme
and did a great deal too much wing play. The
"open game" is when each forward is at
about twelve or fifteen yards from his partner,
and when all take an equal share in the game.
The ball is transferred from one to the other
from a fair distance, and the forwards are thus
always further removed from the opponent.
I am quite sure that in the best performances
of the Corinthians the chief thing about the
forward play was the way in which the whole
line moved in perfect harmony down the field,

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with the ball often starting at the outside right,
and going from man to man right across to
the outside left without an opponent touching
it. The defence in such circumstances is
well-nigh helpless. When we beat Bury, for
instance, by 10-3, and Manchester United by
1 1-3, their backs and half-backs simply did
not know where to look; time after time we
were left with an open goal, and yet Man-
chester had at that period one of the best
defences in the kingdom. It is a fatal thing
for a line of forwards to become cramped, and
one always has that danger in the two first-
mentioned methods ; in the last, one brings
in both the three-inside and the wing theory,
and there is no risk of becoming crowded,
therefore I think we may decide on the game
as played by Cobbold and his contemporaries
as the ideal style.

One other point may be mentioned, which,
though simple, is yet often disregarded, and
that is the great importance of keeping the
ball on the ground. Professionals spoirtheir
play by lifting the ball, but it has always been
a characteristic of the Corinthians that they
keep it down. The advantage is obvious ; one

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takes the pass on the run without needing to
stop and. steady the ball. Let the Corinthians
always take up a good free game, and I think
we shall not see any forward line in England
to compare with them.

WING PLAY
By B. O. Corbett

Speed is essential above everything for a
good outside player. He may have a good
control of the ball, be an excellent dribbler
and shot at goal, but if he does not possess
the requisite amount of speed he can never
attain to any real success.

It will be well to consider in what an out-
side's duties consist. He is required, in the
first place, to take the ball down the field and
to centre to his inside men. The first part of
this duty is often easy enough, but the difficulty
begins, so to speak, at the end. It is the
getting rid of the ball at the end of a run
which decides the usefulness or otherwise of
the effort. To put a successful finish on a run,
an outside must aim, then, at getting the ball
to a player in the best position to shoot at

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goal, or, looking further ahead, to one who can
give a chance of shooting to a player in the
best position. In order to do this he must
remember to make his centre before the last
back is passed. He must forego the satisfac-
tion of dribbling right up to the goal-line, for
this will only make his centre a more diffi-
cult feat to perform, since he will be then
passing directly backwards while going at full
speed.

An outside must always lie as far up the field
as possible without being off-side, and close
to the touch-line. Just as in a ioo yards
race it is the start which makes all the differ-
ence, so if he can gain a yard to begin with
he should have little difficulty in getting down
the field. The most satisfactory pass for him
to receive is generally one sent well forward
and coming from the centre or inside of the
opposite wing ; for then, supposing he is lying
well up, he has a chance of a sheer sprint,
getting off the mark while his half is turning
to reach the ball.

An outside should also be accurate in his
passes, for the majority of passes will generally
come to him from close quarters, and he can

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often make a clear opening for himself by using
his inside man.

Many outsides make the great mistake of
playing only to their inside, and even passing
only to him when far enough up to centre.
This plan may succeed for a time, but it is so
easily frustrated that it cannot be considered a
good method of attack. The soundest idea is
to use your inside man chiefly as a means to
gaining a clear run for yourself, and then, as a
general rule, to middle along the ground to the
centre forward or inside of the opposite wing.

As the wing man will often find himself at
the end of a run well ahead of the rest of his
forwards, he must be careful to make his pass
back to them. This is not an easy thing to do
accurately while going at full speed, but it will
generally prove very effective, since it is always
easier for a forward to take a pass coming
directly to him, and consequently more difficult
for the opposing backs to reach a ball rolling
away from them.

Strictly speaking, a wing forward is not often
called upon to shoot at goal, since he would
generally have to do so from a very difficult
angle ; but opportunities do arise, and he should

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therefore fit himself by constant practice to
make the most of his chances.

Perhaps it is in the matter of shooting that
an outside player's unselfishness is most tested.
He has, perhaps, taken the ball the length of
the field, and is converging on the goal-keeper,
whom alone he has to pass to score his goal ;
but he has to shoot at an angle, and unless he
can be perfectly sure of guiding the ball through
the small opening offered him, which he gener-
ally cannot, he must deny himself by passing to
one of his other forwards, who, under the cir-
cumstances, should be well placed for scoring.

One so often hears of a wing man being
starved by his forwards, and having little or
nothing to do throughout the game. To the
casual observer this may not appear to be the
player's own fault, but it very often is so. He
is, supposing he has a good half-back against
him, a very difficult man to pass to, since his
sphere of action is limited by the touch-line.
He must therefore be always placing himself
in a position to receive the ball, and, like a
good chess-player, must anticipate several
moves ahead. In fact, he should imagine
every player is going to pass to him, and

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manoeuvre to always allow for a clear opening
between himself and the ball. If he does this
he will be helping to work the machine, and
I doubt if he will often find too few passes
coming his way.

A wing player, too, must always be on the
alert at a kick-off from goal, for he may often
find his goal-keeper able to give him a direct
pass. From a throw-in from touch he has not
many chances of getting away, for his space is
limited, and he is, moreover, closely marked
by the half-back. The best thing for him to
do will generally be to get the ball to the centre
or inside, either direct or by passing back to
his own half.

Lastly, it is always an advantage for the out-
side to take the corner-kicks. Should he not
do so, however, he must remember to drop back
to cover the position of his half.

LIST OF MATCHES PLAYED
LIST OF PLAYERS AND INTERNATIONALISTS

RESULTS OF MATCHES

1882-1883

Nov. i

Nov.

8 . .

Dec.

6 . .

Dec.

26 . .

Jan.

18 . .

Feb.

7 • •

Feb.

14 . .

Mar.

7 • •

Mar.

10 . .

Mar.

14 . .

Easter Tour ■

At Lambeth, v. St. Thomas' Hospital. Won,

2-1.
At Brighton, v. The College. Lost, 1-3.
At Chatham, v. Royal Engineers. Won,

3-2.
At Upton, v. Old Brightonians. Lost, 1-6.
At Upton, v. Upton Park. Won, 7-0.
At Upton, v. United Hospitals. Lost, 4-5.
At Oxford, v. The University. Won, 2-1.
At Westminste r, v. The School. Won,

At Reigate, v. Reigate Priory, Won, 2-1.
At Godalming, v. Charterhouse. Lost, 0-3.
r At Accrington, v. Accrington. Lost, 3-4.
At Church, v. Church. Won, 2-0.
At Bootle, v. Bootle. Won, 2-0.
.At Stoke, v. Stoke, Lost, 4-5.

1883-1884

Nov. 13 . .At Cambridge, v. The University. Won,

Jan. 24 . .At Upton, v. Sheffield. Won, 5-4.

Mar. 14 . . At Godalming, v. Charterhouse. Won, 2-1.

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1884-1885

At Blackburn, v. Blackburn Rovers. Won, 8-1.

At Darwen, v. Darwen. Lost, 1-2.

At Blackburn, v. Olympic. Drawn, 4—4.

At Sheffield, v. Sheffield. Won, 2-1.

At Bolton, v. Bolton Wanderers. Lost, 0-7.

At Preston, v. Preston North End. Lost, 1-3.

At Nottingham, v. Notts Club. Lost, 2-3.

At Oval, v. Preston North End. Won, 3-2.

At Preston, v. Preston North End. Won, 1-0.

At Derby, v. Derby County. Drawn, 3-3.

At Blackburn, v. Blackburn Rovers. Won, 2-1.

At Blackpool, 1/. Blackpool. Won, 2-1.

At Birmingham, v. Aston Villa. Lost, 0-1.

Nov.

7 •

Nov.

18 .

Nov.

28 .

Dec.

3 •

Dec.

16 .

Dec.

17 •

Dec.

19 •

Dec.

21 .

Dec.

22 .

Dec.

23 •

Jan.

1

Jan.

2

Jan.

4 •

Feb. 13

1885-1886

At Oval, v. Bolton Wanderers. Lost, 0-2.
At Cambridge, v. Cambridge University.

Won, 1-0.
At Oval, v. Preston North End. Lost, 1-3.
At Oxford, v. Oxford University. Lost, 1-2.
At Blackburn, v. Blackburn Rovers. Won,

6-0.
At Accrington, v. Accrington. Lost, 0-2.
At Preston, v. Preston North End. Lost,

3-4.
At Blackburn, v. Blackburn Olympic. Won,

4-i.
At Burnley, v. Burnley. Lost, 2-3.
At Stoke, v. Stoke. Won, 1-0.
At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Drawn, 2-2.
At Edinburgh, v. Hibernians. Won, 7-3.
At Newcastle, v. Newcastle and District.

Won, 8-2.
At Oval, v. Stoke. Won, 5-0.

RESULTS OF MATCHES 223

Mar. 6 . . At Oval, v. Notts. Won, 7-0.

April 8 . . At Nottingham, v. Queen's Park. Won,
2-1.

April 10 . .At Birmingham, v. Aston Villa. Won, 3-1.

April 17 . .At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Lost, 0-1.

April 19 . .At Middlesborough, v. Cleveland and Dis-
trict. Won, 3-0.

1886-1887

Nov. 6 . . At Oval, v. Derby County. Won, 3-2.
Dec. n . .At Preston, v. North End. Lost, 0-2.
Dec. 13 . .At Blackburn, v. Blackburn Rovers. Won,

3-2.
Dec. 15. .At Derby, v. Derby County. Won, 5-0.
Dec. 16 . .At Nottingham, v. Notts County. Drawn,

1-1.
Dec. 18 . .At Liverpool, v. Everton. Won, 4-2.
Jan. 1 . . At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Won, 3-1.
Jan. 3 . . At Newcastle, v. Newcastle and District.

Won, 5-0.
Jan. 4 . . At Bishop Auckland, v. Church Institute.

Won, 4-0.
Jan. s . . At Middlesborough, v. Middlesborough.

Drawn, 1-1.
Feb. 9 . . At Oval, v. Cambridge University. Won,

2-1.
Feb. 12 . .At Oval, v. Queen's Park. Won, 2-0.
Feb. 14 . .At Oval, v. Oxford University. Won, 3-0.
Mar. 5 . . At Oval, v. Preston North End. Drawn,

1-1.
April 11. .At Preston, v. North End. Lost, 1-3.
April 12 . .At Derby, v. Derby County. Lost, 1-2.

(Corinthians played ten men only.)
April 13 . .At Lincoln, v. Lincoln City. Won, 5-0.
April 14 . .At Nottingham, v. Combined Notts XI.

Drawn, 2-2.
April 16 . .At Stoke, v. Stoke. Drawn, 1-1.

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1887-1888

Nov. 9 . . At Queen's Club, v. Oxford University.

Won, 4-2.
Nov. 17 . . At Nottingham, v. Notts Forest Lost, 1-2.
Nov. 19 . .At London, v. Blackburn Rovers. Won,

6-1.
Nov. 23 . .At Cambridge, v. Cambridge University.

Won, 2—1.
Dec. 17 . .At Preston, v. North End. Lost, 1-2.
Dec. 19 . .At Burnley, v. Burnley. Lost, 1-4.
Dec. 21. .At Leek, v. Leek. Lost, 2-4.
Dec. 22 . .At Nottingham, v. Notts Club. Won, 4-1.
Dec. 24 . .At Stoke, v. Stoke. Won, 3-0.
Dec 31 . . At Durham, v. Durham County. Won, 4-2.
Jan. 2 . . At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Lost, 1-4.
Jan. 4 . . At Newcastle, 9. Newcastle and District

Won, 3-1.
Jan. 5 . . At Bishop Auckland, v. Church Institute.

Won, 7-2.
Jan. 28 . . At London, v. Burnley. Drawn, 2-2.
Feb. 1 . . At Oxford, v. Oxford University. Lost, 2-4.
Feb. 11. .At London, 9. Preston North End. Lost,

1-4.
Mar. jo . .At London, v. Oxford and Cambridge.

Won, 4-2.
Mar. 31 , .At Birmingham, v* Aston Villa. Lost, 2-5.
April 2 . . At Preston, v. North End. Lost, 1-7.
April 3 . . At Blackburn, v. Blackburn Rovers. Lost,

0-1.
April 4 . . At Everton, p. Ever ton. Won, 3-1.

1888-1889

Nov. 14 . . At Oxford, v. Oxford University. Won, 3-1.
Nov. 21 . .At Cambridge, v. Cambridge University.
Lost, 2-4.

RESULTS OF MATCHES 225

Nov. 24
Dec. 22
Dec 29

Dec. 31

Jan. 1
Jan. 2

Jan. 3
Jan. 4

Jan.
Jan.

Jan. 26
Jan. 26

Jan. 30
Feb, 6

Feb. 16
Mar. 9
Mar. 23
April 20

April 22

. At Oval, v. Sheffield. Won, 3-2.

. At Bristol, v. Gloucestershire. Won, 10-0,

. At Newton Heath, v. Newton Heath. Won,

4-0.
. At Darlington, t>. Durham County. Lost,

0-4.
. At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Lost, 2-3.
. At Newcastle, v. Newcastle and District.

Won, 5-2.
. At Glasgow, v. Celtic Lost, 2-6.
. At Edinburgh, v. St. Bernard's. Won, 5-0.
. At Sunderland, v. Sunderland. Drawn, 2-2.
. At Preston, v. Preston North End. Lost,

0-2.
. At Oval, v. Notts Forest Won, 2-1.
. At Leyton, p. Preston North End. Lost,

0-1.
. At Oval, v. Oxford University. Won, 8-5.
. At Queen's Club, v. Cambridge University.

Lost, 3-8.
. At Oval, v. Celtic Won, 3-1.
. At Oval, v. Preston North End. Won, 2-0.
. At Oval, v. 3rd Lanark, Lost, 1-3.
. At Newcastle, v. Newcastle and District.

Lost, 2-4.
. At Glasgow, v. 3rd Lanark. Lost, 0-5.

1889-1890

Nov. 16 . .At Oval, v. Sheffield. Won, 4-1.

Nov. 18 . . At Richmond, v* Preston North End. Won,

Dec. 28 . .At Preston, t>. North End. Lost, 1-2.
Dec 28 . .At Southport, t>. Central. Won, 6-0.
Dec 30 . .At Sunderland, v. Durham County. Lost,
0-2.

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Newcastle and District.

Dec 31 . .At Stirling, v. King's Park. Won, 6-1.
Jan. 1 . . At Glasgow, v. Queen's Part Won, 4—1 .
Jan. 2 . . At Edinburgh, v. St. Bernard's. Drawn,

1-1.
Jan. 3 . . At Kirkcaldy, v. Kirkcaldy and District.

Won, 5-3.
Jan. 4 . . At Newcastle, v.

Won, 7-1.
Jan. 6 . . At Sheffield, v. Sheffield United. Won, 3-1.
Feb. 8 . . At Oval, v. St Bernard's. Won, 2-0.
Feb. 12 . .At Queen's Club, v. Cambridge University.

Lost, 4-5.
Feb. 22 . .At Oval, v. 3rd Lanark. Lost, 0—2.
Mar. 8 . , At Richmond, v. Preston North End.

Lost, o— 1.
Mar. 22 . .At Oval, v. Queen's Park. Lost, 1-3.
April 7 . . At Glasgow, v. 3rd Lanark. Lost, 0-3.
April 8 . . At Newcastle, v. West End. Won, 3-1.
April 9 . . At Middlesborough, v. Middlesborough.

Won, 3-1.

Nov. 8
Nov. 15

Dec. 26
Dec. 27
Dec. 27
Dec. 31
Jan. 1
Jan. 2

Jan. 3
Jan. s
Jan. 24
Feb. 14

1890-1891

At Oval, v. Sheffield. Won, 8-0.

At Oval, v. Cambridge University. Lost,

3-4.
At Birmingham, v. St. George's. Lost, 3—4.
At Preston, v. North End. Drawn, 1-1.
At Belfast, v. Linfield Athletic. Lost, 3—5.
At Stirling, v. King's Park. Won, 3-2.
At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Lost, 1-3.
At Kirkcaldy, v. Kirkcaldy and District.

Won, 4-1.
At Newcastle, v. West End. Won, 4-1.
At Sheffield, v. Sheffield United. Won, 3-2.
At Oval, v. Everton. Lost, 1-3.
At Oval, v. Queen's Park, Lost, o-i t

RESULTS OF MATCHES 227

Feb. 21 . .At Oral, v. Notts County. Won, 2-1.
Mar. 2 . . At Richmond, v. Preston North End. Lost,

1-2.
Mar. 28 . .At Liverpool, a. Everton. Lost, 0-3.
Mar. 30 . .At Sunderland, p. Sunderland. Lost, 0-1.
Mar. 31 . .At Newcastle, v. West End. Lost, 4-8.
April 1 . . At Middlesborough, v. Middlesborough.

Drawn, 1-1.
April 2 . . At Birmingham, v. Aston Villa. Lost, 3-8.

1891-1892

At Oval, v. St. Bernard's. Won, 5-3.
At Oval, v. The Army. Won, 7-2.
At Belfast, v. Linfield Athletic. Won, 5-4.
At Belfast, v. Ulster. Won, 6-1.
At Stirling, v. Stirling. Lost, 2-3.
At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Won, 5-3.
At Edinburgh, v. St. Bernard's. Lost,
. 1-2.
At Kirkcaldy, ». Kirkcaldy and District.

Lost, 2-4.
At Queen's Club, ». Oxford University.

Lost, 0-1.
At Oval, v. West Bromwich Albion.

Drawn, 4-4.
At Norwich, v. Norfolk. Won, 7-1.
At Queen's Club, v. Preston North End.

Won 4-0.
At Queen's Club, v. Barbarians. Won, 6-0.
At Queen's Club, v. Queen's Park. Lost,

At Queen's Club, v. Renton. Won, 8-1.
At Southampton, 0. Hampshire. Won,
1-0.

Nov.

21

Dec.

5

Dec

28

Dec.

29

Dec.

3*

Jan.

1

Jan.

2

Jan.

4

Feb.

13

Feb.

20

Mar.

17

Mar.

21

April

9

April

16

April

18

April

20

228 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

1892-1893

Nov. s . . At Oval, v. St. Bernard's. Won, 5-2.

Nov. 12 . . At Oval, v. Sunderland. Won, 4-2.

Dec. 24 . .At Oval, #. Army. Won, 4-3.

Dec. 30 . .At Scarborough, v. Scarborough and Dis-
trict. Won, 11-0.

Dec. 31 . .At Newcastle, v. Newcastle United. Lost,
1-8.

Dec 31 . .At Bolton, v. Bolton Wanderers. Lost,
1-2.

Jan. 2 . . At Glasgow, p. Queen's Park. Won, 2-1.

Jan. 3 . . At Kirkcaldy, v. Kirkcaldy and District.
Won, 6-2.

Jan. 4 . . At Edinburgh, p. St. Bernard's. Drawn,
2-2

Jan. 5 . . At Stirling, v. Stirling. Drawn, 4-4.

Jan. 7 . . At Middlesborough, v % Middlesborough.
Lost, 0-4.

Feb. 18 . .At Oval, v. West Bromwich Albion. Lost,

i-3-
Mar. 11 . .At Oval, u. Aston Villa. Lost, 2-7.
Mar. 30 . .At Richmond, v. Middlesborough. Won,

3-1.
April 1 . . At Birmingham, t>. Aston Villa. Lost, 2-5.
April 3 . . At Liverpool, ». Liverpool. Lost, 0-2.
April 4 . . At Derby, v. Derby County. Drawn, 3-3.
April s . . At Southampton, v. Hampshire. Won,

4-0.
April 6 . . At Dorchester, v. Dorset. Won, 10-0.
April 8 . . At Bournemouth, v. Bournemouth. Won,

10-0,
t R
2-1

April 22, . At Richmond, v. Queen's Park. Won,

RESULTS OF MATCHES 229

1893-1894

. At Leyton, p. Army. Won, 11-0.

. At Leyton, 0. St. Bernard's. Lost, 2-3.

. At Norwich, 0. Norfolk. Won, 8-2.

. At Leyton, v. Bolton Wanderers. Won, 2-1.

. At Nottingham, v. Notts County. Lost, 1-4.

. At Liverpool, v. Liverpool. Lost, 0-2.

. At Leicester, v» Leicester Fosse. Won, 1*0.

. At Mansfield, p. Mansfield and District.

Won, 6-0.
. At Burnley, v* Burnley. Won, 2-0.
. At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Drawn, x-i.
. At Edinburgh, p. St. Bernard's. Lost, 0-4.
. At Falkirk, p. East Stirling. Won, 4-2.
. At Stirling, v. Stirling. Won, 2-1.
. At Belfast, v. Linfield. Lost, 2-3.
. At Leyton, 0. Aston Villa. Lost, 4-6.
. At Birmingham, v. Aston Villa. Won, 3-2.
. At Queen's Club, a. West Bromwich Albion.

Won, s-2.
Feb. 24 . .At Queen's Club, p. Wolverhampton

Wanderers. Lost, 2-7.
Mar. 10 . .At Queen's Club, #. Queen's Park. Drawn,

2-2.
. At Sheffield, v. Sheffield United. Lost,

2-4.
, At Queen's Club, v. Sheffield United.

Won, 4-1.
. At Sunderland, v. Sunderland. Lost, 1-3.
. At Derby, v. Derby County. Won, 5-3.
. At Bristol, 0. Gloucestershire. Won, 5-1.
. At Clevedon, v. Somersetshire. Won 7-1.
. At Dorchester, v. Dorsetshire. Lost, 1-2.
. At Bournemouth, v* Hampshire. Won,

6-3.

April 25. . At Leyton, v. Woolwich Arsenal. Won, 3-2.

Oct

28

Nov.

n

Nov.

16

Nov.

*5

Dec.

2 3

.Dec.

26

Dec.

27

Dec.

28

Dec.

30

Jan.

1

Jan.

2

Jan.

3

Jan.

4

Jan.

6

Jan.

13

Jan.

20

Feb.

10

Mar.

17

Mar.

24

Mar.

26

Mar.

27

Mar.

28

Mar.

29

Mar.

30

Mar.

3i

2 3 o CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

Oct. 20
Nov. 10

Nov. 17
Dec 1
Dec. 15
Dec. 26
Dec. 27
Dec. 28
Dec. 29
Dec. 31
Jan. 1
Jan. 2

Jan. 3
Jan. 4
Feb. 9
Feb. 23
Mar. 9
Mar. 16
Mar. 23
April 11
April 13
April 15
April 16

1894-1895

At Oval, v. Army. Won, 8-1.

At Leyton, r. Bolton Wanderers. Won,

5-4
At Oval, v. Notts County. Drawn, 3-3.
At Leyton, v. St. Bernard's. Won, 2-1.
At Oval, v. Aston Villa. Lost, 3-5.
At Leicester, v. Fosse. Won, 2-1.
At Sheffield, v. United. Won, 7-3.
At Mansfield, v. Mansfield. Won, 1-0.
At Dundee, v. Dundee. Won, 6-3.
At Aberdeen, v. Aberdeen. Drawn, 2-2.
At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Won, 3-2.
At Edinburgh, t>. St. Bernard's. Drawn,

0-0.
At Stirling, v. King's Park. Won, 8-0.
At Falkirk, v. East Stirling. Lost, 3-5.
At Oval, v. Derby County. Won, 3-2.
At Leyton, v. Liverpool. Won, 5-2.
At Oval, v. Queen's Park. Won, 4-0.
At Leyton, p. Stolce. Drawn, 2-2.
At Leyton, 0. Sheffield United. Lost, 1-2.
At Leyton, v. Battlefield. Won, 2-0.
At Liverpool, v. Liverpool. Drawn, 2-2.
At Derby, v. Derby County. Lost, 0-4.
At Birmingham, v. Aston Villa. Lost, 4-5.

Oct. 19
Oct. 26

Nov. 2

1895-1896
At Queen's Club, v. The Army.

Won,

n-i.

. At Queen's Club, v. Middlesborough.

Drawn, 3-3.
. At Queen's Club, v. Notts Forest. Lost,

0-2.

RESULTS OF MATCHES 231

Nov. 7

Nov.

16

Dec.

7

Dec.

26

Dec.

27

Dec.

28

Dec.

30

Dec.

3i

Jan.

1

Jan.

2

Jan.

3

Jan.

4

Jan.

4

Feb.

8

Mar. 7

Mar. 14

Mar. 21

Mar. 28
April 4
April 6
April 9
April 11

. At London, v. Cambridge Past and Present.

Won, 3-2.
. At Queen's Club, v. St. Bernard's. Won, 2-0.
. At Queen's Club, 0. Sunderland. Won, 3-1.
. At Leicester, v. Fosse. Won, 2-1.
. At Sheffield, v. United. Lost, 0-1.
. At Sunderland, v. Sunderland. Drawn,

1-1.
. At Middlesborough, v. Middlesborough.

Won, 7-1.
. At Falkirk, t>. East Stirling. Lost, 4-6.
. At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Drawn, 3-3.
. At Edinburgh, v. St. Bernard's. Lost, 1-3.
. At Kirkcaldy, v. Kirkcaldy. Lost, 1-4.
. At Dundee, v. Dundee. Won, 2-1.
. At Nottingham, «>. Notts Forest. Lost, 1-5.
. At Queen's Club, v. West Bromwich Albion.

Won, 5-2.
. At Queen's Club, 0. Derby County. Drawn,

1-1.
. At Queen's Club, 0. Queen's Park. Lost,

1-2.
. At Queen's Club, p. Sheffield United.

Lost, 4-0.
. At Queen's Club, r. Everton. Won, 2-1.
. At Queen's Club, v. Dundee. Won, 3-1.
. At Derby, v. Derby County. Won, 4-2.
. At Bristol, v. Clifton. Won, 6-0.
. At Plymouth, p. Devonshire. Won, 5-2.

1896-1897

Oct. 20 . .At Queen's Club, v. St. Bernard's. Lost,

1-2.
Oct. 31 . .At Queen's Club, v. The Army. Won,

4-i.

232 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

Nov. 14 . .At Queen's Club, v. Sunderland. Won,

2—0.
Nov. 28 . .At Queen's Club, v. Sheffield United.

Drawn, 0-0.
. At Queen's Club, v. Aston Villa. Drawn,

4-4.
, At Queen's Club, v. Bolton Wanderers.
Won, 4-1.
At Leicester, v. Leicester Fosse. Drawn,

3-3.
. At Derby, 0. Derby County. Lost, 3-6.
. At Nottingham, v. Notts County. Lost,

1-4.
, At Sheffield, v. Sheffield Wednesday.

Drawn, 4-4.
, At Ayr, v. Ayr Parkhouse. Won, 5-1.
, At Glasgow, r. Queen's Park. Lost, 2-3.
. At Edinburgh, v. St. Bernard's. Lost,

1-2.
. At Sheffield, v. Sheffield United. Drawn,

2-2.
. At Queen's Club, v. Celtic. Won, 4-0.
. At Queen's Club, t>. West Bromwich Albion.

Won, 5-1.
. At Millwall, v. Mulwall Athletic Won,

2-1.
. At Queen's Club, v. Queen's Park. Drawn,

2-2.
. At Queen's Club, v. Sheffield Wednesday.

Lost, 1-2.
. At Queen's Club, v. Derby County. Drawn,

4-4.

Dec.

5

Dec

12

Dec

26

Dec.
Dec.

28
29

Dec

30

Dec

Jan.
Jan.

3i

1
2

Jan.

4

Feb.
Feb.

13

27

Mar.

4

Mar.

13

Mar.

20

April

1 17

RESULTS OF MATCHES 233

SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR, 1897

GOALS.

FOR.

AGAINST.

July 17 .

. v. Cape Town Civilians

• 4

July 20 .

. v. Military (Cape Town

) • 4

July 21 .

. v. Western Province

. S

July 24 .

. v. King William's Town

. 6

1

July 28 .

. v. Queenstown

. 8

1

July 31 .

. v. East London .

. 4

Aug. 4 .

. i/. Johannesburg .

• 3

1

Aug. 7 .

. v. Transvaal

• 3

1

Aug. 9 .

. v. Old Natalians .

. 1

1

Aug. 11 .

. v. Pretoria .

• 9

Aug. 14 .

. v. South Africa .

• 3

Aug. 16 .

. v. Pietermaritzburg

1

Aug. 18 .

. v. Durban .

• 3

Aug. 19 .

. v. South Africa •

. 4

1

Aug. 21 .

. v. Natal

2

2

Aug. 25 .

. v. Orange Free State

. 6

2

Aug. 28 .

. v. Griqualand West

. 10

1

Sept. 1 .

. v. Cape Colony .

. 6

Sept. 4 .

. v. King William's Town

• 9

Sept. 6 .

. v. Grahamstown .

. 8

Sept. 8 .

. v. Eastern Province

• 3

Sept. 11 .

. v. Cape Colony .

• 9

3

Sept. 13 .

. v. South Africa .

2

1

Played, s

83. Won, 21. Drawn, 2.
against, 15.

1897-1898

Goals for,

"3;

Oct. 30 .

. At Queen's Club, v. SI

heffield Wednesday.

Won, 2-0.

Nov. 6

. At Queen's Club, v.
Won, 3-1.

Blackburn

Rovers.

234 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

Nov. 6 . . At Bramall Lane, v. Sheffield United.

Drawn, 2—2.
Nov. 27 . .At Queen's Club, v. Sheffield United.

Won, 2-0.
Dec 27 . .At Preston, v. Preston North End. Drawn,

3-3-
Dec 28 . .At Derby, tr. Derby County. Won, 2-1.
Dec. 28 . . At Leicester, v. Leicester Fosse. Won, 2—1.
Dec. 30 . .At Bradford, tr. Bradford. Won, 6-1.
Jan. 1 . . At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Lost, 3—5.
Jan. 3 . . At Edinburgh, v. St. Bernard's. Drawn,

1-1.
Jan. 15 . .At Liverpool, tr. Liverpool. Won, 5-2.
Feb. 12 . . At Queen's Club, v. St. Bernard's. Lost,

0-2.
Feb. 26 . .At Queen's Club, v. Sunderland. Won,

2-0.
Mar. 5 . . At Queen's Club, v. Liverpool. Won, 3-0.
Mar. 12 . .At Queen's Club, v. Queen's Park. Won,

Mar. 19 . .At Crystal Palace, v. Sheffield United
(Sheriff of London Shield). Drawn,
0—0.

Mar. 26 . .At Queen's Club, v. Notts County. Won,

April 2 . . At Queen's Club, v. Preston North End.

Won, 4-3.
April 4 . . At Crystal Palace, v. Sheffield United

(Charity Shield). Drawn, 1-1.
April 11 . .At Crystal Palace, v. Bolton Wanderers.

Drawn, 3-3.
April 12 . .At Bristol, v. Bristol City. Won, 3-1.
April 13 . .At Plymouth, v. Devonshire. Drawn,

1-1.

RESULTS OF MATCHES 235

1898-1899

Nov. 10 . .At Queen's Club, v. Bristol City. Drawn,

1-1.
Nov. 23 . .At Queen's Club, u. Woolwich Arsenal.

Won, 4-1.
Nov. 26 . .At Queen's Club, v. Queen's Park. Lost,

2-3.
Dec. 24 . .At Derby, v. Derby County. Lost, 1-3.
Dec. 26 . .At Everton, v. Everton. Lost, 2-4.
Dec. 27 . .At Sheffield, v. Sheffield United. Lost,

3-5-
Dec. 28 . .At Leicester, v. Leicester Fosse. Drawn,

2-2.
Dec 30 . .At Glossop,f.GlossopNorthEnd. Won, 2-1.
Jan. 2 . , At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Lost, 1-4.
Jan. 3 . . t Edinburgh, v. St. Bernard's. Lost, 1-3.
Feb. 4 . . At Queen's Club, v. Southampton. Drawn,

0—0.
Feb. n . .At Queen's Club, v. Aston Villa. Drawn,

0-0.
Feb. 18 . .At Crystal Palace, v. Everton. Lost, 0-1.
Feb. 25 . .At Queen's Club, v. Blackburn Rovers.

Won, s-2.
Mar. 4 . . At Queen's Club, v. Notts County. Lost,

1-2.
Mar. 15 . .At Clapton, v. Clapton. Drawn, 1-1.
Mar. 25 . .At Crystal Palace, v. Southampton. Drawn,

2-2.
April 1 . . At Southampton, v. Southampton. Won,

2-1.
April 3 . . At Crystal Palace, v. Notts Forest. Won,

3-2.
April 4 . . At Bristol, v. Bristol City. Lost, 3-4.
April 5 . . At Plymouth, v. Devonshire. Lost, 2-4.
April 6 . . At Truro, v. Cornwall. Won, 4-1.

236 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

1899-1900

Oct. 7 . . At Queen's Club, v. Southampton. Drawn,

i-i.
Oct. 28 . .At Queen's Club, v. Sheffield Wednesday.

Drawn, 1-1.
Nov. 4 . . At Queen's Club, v. Derby County. Lost,

1-4.
Nov. 8 . . At Crystal Palace, v. Aston Villa (Sheriff of

London Shield). Won, 2-1.
Nov. 18 . . At Queen's Club, w. Queen's Park. Won,*— 1.
Nov. 25 . .At Tottenham, v. Tottenham Hotspur.

Lost, 1-5.
Dec. 6 . . At Queen's Club, v. Manchester City.

Drawn, 1-1.
Dec. 26 . .At Leicester, v. Leicester Fosse. Won, 7-1.
Dec 27 . .At Derby, v. Derby County. Won, 3-1.
Dec. 28 . .At Manchester, v. Manchester City.

Drawn, 2-2.
Dec. 29 . .At Wolverhampton, v. Wolverhampton

Wanderers. Won, 4-3.
Jan. 1 . . At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Drawn, 1-1.
Jan. 2 . . At Kirkcaldy, v. Kirkcaldy. Won, 4-0.
Jan. 3 . . At Edinburgh, v. St. Bernard's. Won, 3-0.
Feb. 24 . .At Queen's Club, v. Notts County. Drawn,

1-1.
Mar. 10 . .At Queen's Club, v. Notts Forest. Drawn,

2-2.
Mar. 17 . .At Tottenham, v. Tottenham Hotspur.

Lost, 1-3.
April 14 . .At Hastings, v. Hastings. Won, 5-1.
April 16 . .At Crystal Palace, v. Sheffield United.

Lost, 0-4.
April 17 . .At Bristol, v. Bristol City. Lost, 1-2.
April 18 . .At Plymouth, tr. Devon. Won, 6-3.
April 19 . .At Launceston, v. Cornwall. Won, 2-0.
April 21 . .At Radstock, v. Somerset. Won, 3-1.

Oct. 13

•

Oct. 20

•

Nov. 3
Nov. 17

.

Dec. 8

•

Dec. 26
Dec. 27
Dec. 28

•

Dec. 31

•

Jan. 1.

.

Jan. 2.
Feb. 23

•

Mar. 2

•

Mar. 9

•

Mar. 23

•

April 6

•

April 8
April 9

•

April 10
April 11

•

RESULTS OF MATCHES 237

1900-1901

. At Tottenham, v. Tottenham Hotspur.
Drawn, 2-2.

. At Queen's Club, v. Wolverhampton Wan-
derers. Won, 3-2.

. At Queen's Club, v. Glossop. Won, 2-1.

. At Queen's Club, t/. Southampton. Won,

. At Queen's Club, v. Notts County. Won,

. At Leicester, v. Leicester Fosse. Lost, 1-2.
. At Derby, v. Derby County. Won, 3-1.
. At Wolverhampton, v. Wolverhampton

Wanderers. Won, 8-3.
. At Kirkcaldy, v. Raith Rovers. Drawn,

1— 1.
. At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Won, 4-1.
. At Ayr, v. Parkhouse. Won, 2-1,
. At Queen's Club, v. Sheffield Wednesday.

Lost, 1-2.
. At Crystal Palace, 1/. Aston Villa (Sheriff of

London Charity Shield). Lost, 0-1.
. At Queen's Club, t>. Southampton. Lost,

2-3-
. At Queen's Club, v. Queen's Park. Won,

1-0.
. At Queen's Club, v. Notts Forest. Won,

2-1.
. At Crystal Palace, v. Stoke. Drawn, 3-3.
. At Queen's Club, v. Derby County. Won,

5-2.
. At Hastings, v. Hastings. Won, 12-2.
. At Brighton, v. Sussex County. Won, 2-0.

238 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

1901-1902

Oct 5 . . At Queen's Club, v. Southampton. Lost,

o-i.
Nov. 30 . .At Tottenham, v. Tottenham Hotspur.

Lost, 1-2.
Dec 7 . . At Queen's Club, v. Derby County. Lost,

0-2.
Dec. 14 . .At Queen's Club, tr. Tottenham Hotspur.

Won, 3-0.
Dec. 27 . .At Stoke, v. Stoke. Drawn, 3-3.
Dec. 28 . .At Scarborough, i>. Scarborough. Won, 3-1.
Dec 30 . .At Sheffield, v. Sheffield Wednesday. Won,

4-3.
Jan. 1 . . .At Glasgow, v. Queen's Part Won, 3-1.
Jan. 2 . . .At Newcastle, v. Newcastle United. Drawn,

2-2.
Feb. 8 . . At Queen's Club, v. Sheffield Wednesday.

Lost, 1-4.
Mar. 1 . . At Tottenham, v. Tottenham Hotspur

(Sheriff of London Charity Shield).

Lost, 2-5.
Mar. 15 . .At Queen's Club, v. Notts County. Lost,

2-4.
Mar. 29 . .At Queen's Club, v. Queen's Part Won,

4-2.
Mar. 31 . .At Queen's Club, 1/. Stoke. Lost, 1-4.
April 1 . . At Brighton, v. Sussex County. Won, 7-1.
April 2 . . At Hastings, v. Hastings. Drawn, 1-1.
April 3 . . At Eastbourne, v. Eastbourne. Won, 6-0.

1902-1903
Oct. 11 . .At Queen's Club, v. Sunderland. Lost,

Oct. 25 . .At Queen's Club, v. Sheffield Wednesday.
Drawn, i-i t

RESULTS OF MATCHES 239

Nov. 1 . . At Queen's Qub, v. Portsmouth. Drawn,

2-2.
Nov. 15 . .At Queen's Club, v. Tottenham Hotspur.

Lost, 1-3.
Nov. 29 . .At Queen's Qub, v. London* Won, 3-1.
Dec. 13 . .At Tottenham, v. Tottenham Hotspur.

Drawn, 2-2.
Dec. 26 . .At Derby, v. Derby County. Lost, 0-6.
Dec. 27 . .At Scarborough, v. Scarborough. Won,

2-0.
Dec. 29 . .At Sheffield, v. Sheffield Wednesday. Lost,

3-5.
Dec. 30 . .At Middlesborough, v. Middlesborough.

Lost, 4-6.
Jan. 1 . . At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Won, 5-3.
Jan. 2 . . At Sunderland, v. Sunderland. Won, 8-2.
Jan. 5 . . At Birmingham, v. Aston Villa. Lost, 0-4.
Jan. 19 . . At Birmingham, v. Aston Villa. Lost, 1-3.
Jan. 31 . .At Queen's Club, v. The Army. Won, 6-1.
Feb. 28 . .At Tottenham, v. Sunderland (Sheriff of

London Charity Shield). Lost, 0-3.
Mar. 14 . .At Queen's Club, v. Notts County. Lost,

1-2.
Mar. 25 . .At Queen's Club, v. Stoke. Won, 4-3.
April 4 . . At Queen's Club, v. Queen's Park. Won,

5-o.
April 13 . .At Eastbourne, v. Eastbourne. Won, 3-1.
April 14 . .At Tunbridge Wells, v. Tunbridge Wells.

Won, 1 1-2.
April 15 . .At Brighton, v. Sussex County. Won, 7-1.
April 16 . .At Hastings, v* Hastings. Drawn, 2-2.

242 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

April 5
April 7

April 9
April ii
April 13

At Budapest, v. Magyar Athletikai Club.

Won, 12-0.
At Vienna, v. Vienna Football Club. Won,

7-i.
At Prague, v. Spartovin Club Slavia. Won,

7-4.
At Prague, v. Spartovin Club Slavia (return).

Won, 4-1.
At Leipsic, v. Verein fur Bewegungsspiele.

Won, 4-1.

1904-1905

Nov. s . . At Leyton, v. Aston Villa. Lost, 0-5.

Nov. 12 . .At Leyton, v. Portsmouth. Won, 4-1.

Nov. 19 . .At Leyton, v. London. Won, 10-1.

Nov. 26 . .At Leyton, v. Manchester United. Won,

"-3.
Dec. 10 . .At Leyton, p. Liverpool. Drawn, 3-3.
Dec. 15 . .At Leyton, v. Tottenham Hotspur. Lost,

2-6.
Dec. 17 . .At Leyton, v. The Army. Won, 7-1.
Dec 27 . .At Birmingham, v. Aston Villa. Drawn,

1-1.
Dec. 28 . .At Stoke, v. Stoke. Drawn, 1-1.
Dec. 29 . .At Sheffield, v. Sheffield United. Won,

2-1.
Dec. 30 . .At Scarborough* v. Scarborough. Won,

7-3.
Dec. 31 . .At Stockton, v. Stockton. Won, 2-0.
Jan. 2 . . At Glasgow, v. Queen's Park. Lost, 1-3.
Jan. 3 . . At Newcastle, v. Newcastle United. Won,

2-1.
Jan. 14 . .At Tottenham, v. Tottenham Hotspur.

Won, 2-0.
Feb. 18 . .At Leyton, v. Woolwich Arsenal. Won,

2-1.

RESULTSOF MATCHES 243

Feb. 25 . .At Leyton, p. Queen's Park. Won, 2-1.
Mar. 4 . . At Leyton, v. Notts County. Lost, 2-5.
Mar. 11. .At Leyton, v. Bolton Wanderers. Drawn,

1-1.
Mar. 25 . .At Leyton, v. Stoke. Lost, 2-4.
April 24 . .At Crystal Palace, v. Sheffield Wednesday

(Sheriff of London Shield). Lost, 1-2.
April 25 . .At Portsmouth, v. The Navy. Drawn, 4-4.
April 26 . . At Southampton, V.Southampton. Lost, 1-3.
April 27 . .At Dorchester, 9. Dorset. Drawn, 4-4.
April 28 . .At Yeovil, v. Yeovil. Won, 7-0.
April 29 . .At Bristol, v. Bristol City. Won, 1-0.

Oct. 18

Nov.
Dec
Dec
Dec.

18 .
9 •
13 •
26 .

Dec.
Dec.

27 .

28 .

Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.

30 •
1
2
6

Jan.

27 .

Feb.

3 •

Feb.

24 •

Mar.

3 •

1905-1906

. At Fulham, v. Woolwich Arsenal. Won,

2-1.
. At Queen's Club, v. Navy. Won, 8-1.
. At Tottenham, 0. Tottenham. Lost, 1-3.
. At Chelsea, v. Chelsea. Won, 1-0.
. At Fulham, v. Woolwich Arsenal. Drawn,

1-1.
. At Derby v. Derby County. Won, 4-2.
. At Liverpool, #. Northern Nomads. Won,

4-3.
. At Stockton, v. Stockton. Won, 3-1.
. At Glasgow, v* Queen's Park. Won, 2-1.
. At Newcastle, v. Newcastle. Won, 7-5.
. At Leyton, v. Belgian Association. Won,

12-0.
. At Queen's Club, v. Oxford University.

Won, 4-0.
. At Queen's Club, v. Manchester City. Won,

4-1.
. At Queen's Club, v. Queen's Park. Won,

2-1.
. At Aldershot, 0. Army, Drawn, 1-1.

244 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

Mar. 10 . .At Queen's Club, f;. Notts County. Drawn,

3-3-
Mar. 17 . .At Queen's Club, v. Northampton. Won,

5-2.
April 7 . . At Queen's Club, v. Aston Villa. Won,

7-i.
April 28 . .At Fulham, v. Liverpool (Sheriff of London
Shield). Lost, 1-5.

Continental Tour

April 14 . .At Berlin, v. Germania. Won, n-o.

April 16 . .At Hamburg, v. Victoria. Won, 12-1.

April 18 . .At Hague, v. The Hague. Won, 5-1.

April 19 . .At Hague, v. All Holland. Won, 2-1.

CANADIAN AND AMERICAN TOUR, 1906

Montreal. Won, 6-2.

Ottawa. Won, 5-0.

Hamilton. Won, 3-1.

Toronto. Won, 6-0.

Hurons, Seaforth. Drawn, 1-1.

All Kents. Won, 5-2.

Chicago. Won, 5-2.

Cincinnati. Won, 19-0.

Cleveland. Won, 8-0.

Associated Cricket Clubs, Philadelphia.

Won, 6-0.

Albions, Philadelphia. Won, 9-0.

All Philadelphia. Won, 12-0.

Collegians, N.Y. Won, 11-1.

All New York. Won, 18-0.

Newark. Won, 7-1.

Fall River. Lost, 0-3.

Fore River. Drawn, 1-1.

Aug. 11

. v.

Aug. 13 ,

. v.

Aug. 15 .

. v.

Aug. 18 .

. i>.

Aug. 21

. v.

Aug. 23 .

. v.

Aug. 25 .

. v.

Aug. 28

. v.

Aug. 29

. v.

Aug. 31 .

. v.

Sept. 1

. r.

Sept. 3

. v.

Sept. 6

. . V.

Sept. 9

. . V.

Sept. 10

. V.

Sept. 13

. . V.

Sept. 14

. . V.

RESULTS OF MATCHES 245

SUMMARY OF ALL MATCHES PLAYED

GOALS.

]

Matches.

Won.

Drawn.

Lost.

For.

Against.

1882-83

*4

8

6

37

32

1883-84

3

3

10

6

1884-85

13

6

2

5

29

29

1885-86

*9

11

1

7

57

26

1886-87

21

11

7

3

47

21

1887-88

21

10

1

10

54

5*

1888-89

21

10

1

10

54

55

1889-90

19

11

1

7

55

30

1890-91

19

6

2

11

45

5i

1891-92

16

10

1

S

64

32

1892-93

21

11

3

7

77

52

1893-94

28

16

2

10

92

61

1894-95

23

13

5

5

76

49

1895-96

25

13

4

8

7i

50

1896-97

20

7

6

7

52

43

♦1897

23

21

2

"3

*5

1897-98

22

13

7

2

54

29

1898-99

22

6

6

10

42

47

I 899-1 900

23

11

7

S

54

3<>

1900— I 90 I

20

13

3

4

61

3o

I 901-1902

17

7

3

7

43

36

I 902-1903

23

10

4

9

72

56

•1903

24

21

2

1

72

18

I 903-1 904

18

9

3

6

52

40

1*1904

7

7

49

7

1904-1905

26

13

6

7

82

55

1905— 1906

23

18

3

2

102

35

J 1 906

17

14

2

1

122

M

Totals 548 309 84 155 1738 1010

• South African tours. t Continental tour.

J Canadian and American tour.

246 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

LIST OF MEMBERS

Life Members

Jackson, N. L.
Bailey, N. C
Cobbold, W. N.
Bambridge, E. C
Iindley, T.
Holden-White, C
Walters, P. M.
Walters, A. M.
Squire, IL T.

Moon, W. R.
Wreford-Brown, C
PeUy, F. R.
Henfrey, A. G.
Cotterill, G. H.
Ingram, F. M.
Smith, G. O.
Oakley, W. J.

Ordinary Members

Adams, W. G.
Ainger, W. H.
Alexander, C. L.
Alexander, C. W.
Alexander, E. B.
Allan, D. S.
Amos, A.
Anderson, E. P.
Anderson, F. J.
Anderson, W. J.
Arnott, W.
Bailey, N. C.
Bain, F. W.
Bainbridge, H. W.
Balfour- Melville, J. E.
Ball, C. S.
Bambridge, A. L.
Bambridge, E. C.

Bambridge, E. H.
Barker, R. R.
Barmby, F. J.
Barnet, H. H.
Barrett, H. R.
Barwell, F. R.
Bastard, S. R.
Beardshaw, W. F.
Beasley, H. O. C.
Bence-Pembroke, R. A.
Birch, J. G.
Blackburn, W.
Blaker, R. N. R.
Blenkiron, T. W.
Bliss, E. C.
Booker, E.
Borrow, W. S.
Bosworth-Smith, B. N.

LIST OF MEMBERS

247

Braithewaite, P. P.
Brann, G.
Bray, E. H.

Bromley-Davenport, W.
Brook, A. K.
Bryant, F. H.
Buckley, H.
Burnside, J. W.
Burnup, C. J.
Buzzard, E. F.
Campbell, C.
Campbell, W.
Canny, G. B.
Cautley, F. D.
Challen, J. B.
Cobbold, W. N.
Collier, H. J.
Comber, F. W.
Compton, E. D.
Cook, T. W.
Cooper, L.
Cooper, N. C.
Corbett, A. L.
Corbett, B. O.
Corbett, R.
Cotterill, G. H.
Coutts, J. G.
Cox,L. L.
Cox, S.
Craig, J. D.
Craig, R. D.
Cross, F. J. K.
Currey, E. S.
Cursham, H. A.
Curwen, W. J. H.
Daft, H. B.
Daniell, A. M.

Darling, R. S.
Darvell, S.
Davies, A. O.
Day, A. P.
Day, S. H.
Denton, E. B.
Dewhurst, F.
Dewhurst, G. P.
Disbrowe, E. J. W.
Dixon, J. A.
Dobson, A. T.
Dobson, C. F.
Driffield, L. T.
Dunn, A. T. B.
Edgar, W. H.
Escombe, R. L.
Evans, W. H. B.
Evelyn, E. C.
Evelyn, W. A.
Farrant, P. R.
Fernie, J. F.
Ford, F. G. J.
Fort, C. R.
Foster, B. S.
Foster, G. N.
Foster, H. K.
Foster, R. E.
Foster, W. L.
Fox, C. J. M.
Foy, R H.
Francis, W.
Fry, C. B.
Fryer, P. A.
Gardiner, G. A.
Game, W. H.
Gay, L. H.
Gettins, J. H.

248 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

Gilliat, W. E.
Glossop, A. G. B.
Godfrey, C J. M.
Goodbody, M. F.
Gosling, L. D.
Gosling, R. C.
Gosling, T. S.
Gosling, W. S.
Gostling, E. V.
Greenwood, D. H.
Grewn, J. E.
Grievson, J. E.
Guy, A. N.
Guy, Hugh
Guy, J. K.
Guy, R. C.
Haig-Brown, A. R.
Hamilton, A.
Hammond, H. E. D.
Hansard, H. H.
Hardman, C. E. S.
Harris, G. S.
Harris, S. S.
Harrison, A. H.
Harrison, H.
Harrisson, A. E.
Hatton, C O. S.
Heald, J.
Henfrey, A. G.
Heseltine, C.
Hewett, D.
Hewitt, C D.
Holden-White, C
Hollins, A. M.
Hollins, F. H.
Hollins, P. L.
Holm, J.

Hornby, R. P.
Horner, C. T.
Hossack, A. H.
Humphrey, E.
Humphrey- Jones
Humphry, P.
Hunt, K. R. G.
Inglis, A. M.
Inglis, W. J.
Ingram, F. M.
Ingram, R. A,
Jackson, E.
Jackson, N. L.
Jameson, E. M.
Janson, F. W.
Jessop, E.
Johnson, R. B.
Kemp, M. C
King, S. L.
Kinnaird, Lord
Knox, H.
Knor, J. J.
Lafone, H.
Lambie, J. A.
Laurence, H. C.
Lawrence, A. G. S.
Leach-Lewis, A, F.
Leete, N.
Leete, W.
Leighton, J. E.
Liddell, A. E.
Lindley, T.
Lingari F. C.
Lodge, L. V*
Lowe, H. A.
Lowe, W. W.
Luker, S. G.

LIST OF MEMBERS

249

Macdonald, T. M.
Mclver, C. D.
Macrae, S.
Marchant, F.
May, P. R.
Mellin, G. L.
Middleditch, B.
Mills-Roberts, R. H.
Mitchell, C.
Mitchell, E. J. D.
Moon, L. J.
Moon, W. R.
Morgan-Owen, H.
Morgan-Owen, M.
Morice, W. S.
Morton, P. H.
Newham, W. j

Nicholls, H.
Nickisson, J. L.
Nolan-Whelan, J. V.
Norris, O. T.
Oakley, W. J.
Osborne, S. E.
Owen, L.
Owen, M. L.
Page, C. C.
Palairet, L. C. H.
Palairet, R. C. N.
Paravicini, J. P. de
Parry, C. W.
Patrick, D.
Paull, J. R.
Pawson, F. W.
PeUatt, T.
Pelly, F. R.
Perkin, J. D.
Perkins, T. N.

Perry, E. B.
Pickering, H. J.
Pike, T. M.
Piatt, A. W.
Pollock-Hodsoll, G. B.
Powell, J. T.
Prall, E. F.
Preston, G. E.
Prinsep, J. F. M,
Pryce-Jones, A. W.
Pryce-Jones, W. E.
Raikes, G. B.
Rauthmell, H. A.
Rendall, M. J.
Reynolds, L. W.
Rhodes, H. A.
Roller, W. E.
Rowlandson, T. S.
Russell, S. H. J.
Ryder, C. F.
Salmon, T.
Salt, R. J.
Sandilands, R. R.
Saunders, F. E.
Secretan, A. J.
Sellar, W.
Seton, W. J.
Sewell, E. B.
Sewell, F. W.
Shaw, N. F.
Sherrington, G. S.
Simpson, G. H.
Smith, C. A.
Smith, G. O.
Smith, J.
Snell, H. S.
Southern, F. R.

250 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

Southern, J. A.
Spilsbury, B. W.
Spiro, D. G.
Squire, R. T.
Stanbrough, M. H.
Stanbrough, W. F.
Stewart-Brown, E.
Stone, A. C. S.
Streatfield, E. C.
Street, F.

Sturgess-Jones, T. O.
Swepstone, H. A.
Taylor, S. S.
Tepper, C. W. R.
Thwaites, H.
Timmis, W. U.
Topham, A. G.
Topham, R.
Tringham, E. M.
Tubbs, N. H.
Tuff, B.
Tuff, C.
Unwin, H. R.
Vassall, G. C.
Veitch, J. G.
Vickers, H.
Vidal, G. G. S.
Vintcent, J.
Wace, L. H.
Walker, J.
Walters, A. M.
Walters, H. M.

Walters, P. M.
Ward, A. W.
Ward, C. B.
Ward, E. S.
Ward, V. F.
Wardle, Gilbert
Watson, A,
Weatherhead, T. C.
Welch, F. C. B.
Wells, W. C.
Wetton, Harold
Wild, C. H.
Wilkinson, B. K. R.
Wilkinson, G. E.
Wilkinson, L. R.
Willett, B. H.
Wilson, C. P.
Wilson, G. L.
Wilson, G. P.
Wilson, G. S.
Winckworth, W. N.
Witherington, I. G.
Wood, G. R.
Woods, S. M. J.
Wreford-Brown, C.
Wreford-Brown, O. E.
Wright, E. G. D.
Wright, R. G.
Wyld, H. J.
Wynyard, E. G.
Young, F.

INTERNATIONALISTS

251

INTERNATIONALISTS

The following Corinthians have played for England: —

v. Scotland

Amos, A., 1885

Bailey, N. C, 1878-79-80-

81-82-83-84-85-86-87
Bambridge, E. C, 1879-80-

81-82-84-85-86-87
Bambridge, E. H., 1876
Brann, G., 1886
Bromley- Davenport, W. E.,

1884
Burnup, C. J., 1896
Cobbold, W. N., 1883-85-

86-87
Cotterill, G. H., 1893
Currey, E. S., 1890
Cursham, H. A,, 1882-83
Daft, H. B., 1890
Day, S. H., 1906
Dewhurst, F., 1887-88
Dobson, A. T., 1884
Dunn, A. T. B., 1892
Foster, R. E., 1901
Gay, L. H., 1893-94
Goodhart, H. G, 1883
Gosling, R. C, 1893-95
Hammond, H. E. D., 1889
Harris, S. S., 1904-06
Harrison, A. H., 1893

Henfrey, A. G., 1896
Holden-White, C, 1888
Lindley, T„ 1886-87-88-

89-90
Lodge, L. V., 1895-96
Macrae, S., 1883-84
Mitchell, C, 1881-83
Moon, W. R., 1888-89-

90-91
Oakley, W. J., 1896-97-

98, 1900-01
Paravicini, P. J. de, 1883
Pelly, F. R., 1894
Raikes, G. B., 1896
Smith, G. O., 1894-96-97-

98—99, 1900—01
Spilsbury, B. W., 1886
Squire, R. T., 1886
Swepstone, H. A., 1880-

82-83
Walters, A. M., 1885-86-

87-89-90
Walters, P. M., 1885-86-

87-88-89-90
Wilson, C. P., 1884
Wilson, G. P., 1900
Wreford-Brown, C, 1898

252 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

v. Wales

Amos, A., 1886

Bailey, N. C, 1879-82-83-

84-85-86-87
Bambridge, A. L., 1881-83
Bambridge, £. C, 1882-

83-84-85-86-87
Barker, R. R., 1895
Brann, G., 1886-91
Bromley-Davenport, W. E.,

1884
Cobbold, W. N., 1886-87
Corbett, B. O., 1901
Corbett, R., 1903
Cotterill, G. H., 1892
Currey, E. S., 1890
Cursham, H. A., 1880-82-

83
Daft, H. B., 1890
Day, S. H., 1906
Dewhurst, F., 1886-87-88-

89
Dewhurst, G. P., 1895
Dixon, J. A., 1885
Dobson, A. T., 1884
Dunn, A. T. B., 1892
Foster, R. E., 1900-01-02
Gay, L. H., 1894
Goodhart, H. C, 1883
Gosling, R. C, 1892-94-

95
Harris, S. S., 1905-06
Henfrey, A. G., 1892-95-

96
Holden-WMte, C, 1888
Hossack, A. H., 1892-94

Jackson, E., 1891

Lindley, T. f 1886-87-88-

90
Lodge, L. V., 1894-95
Macrae, S., 1883
Mitchell, G, 1880-83-85
Moon, W. R, 1888-89--90
Oakley, W. J., 1895-96-

97-98, 1900-01
Paravicini, P. J. de, 1883
Pelly, F. R., 1894
Raikes, G # B M 1895-96
Russell, B. B #l 1883
Sandilands, R. R., 1892—

94-95-9$
Saunders, F. E. t 1888
Smith, G. 0. f 1894-95-96—

97-98-99, 1900
Squire, R. T., 1886
Stanbrough, M. H., 1895
Swepstone, H. A., 1882—83
Topham, A. G., 1894
Topham, R., 1894
Veitch, J, G«, 1894
Walters, A. M., 1887-89-

90
Walters, P. M., 1886-87-

89-90
Wilkinson, L, R., 1891
Wilson, C. P., 1884
Wilson, G. P., 1900
Winckworth, W. N., 1892
Wreford-Brown, C, 1894-

9S
Wright, E. G. D., 1906

INTERNATIONALISTS

253

v. Ireland

Bailey, N. C, 1884-85
Bambridge, A. L., 1884
Bambridge, £. C., 1882-

84-85-87
Barnet, H. H., 1882
Cobbold, W. N., 1883-85-

87
Cooper, N. C, 1893
Cotterill, G. H., 1891-93
Cursham, H. A #> 1882-83-

84
Daft, H. B., 1889
Dewhurst, F., 1886-87-88
Dobson, A. T„ 1882-84
Dobson, C. F., 1886
Dunn, A. T. B„ 1883-84-

87
Foster, R. E., 1901
Fry, C. B., 1901
GiUiat, W. E., 1893
Goodhart, H. C, 1883
Harris, S. S., 1905
Harrison, A. H., 1893
Henfrey, A. G., 1891
Leighton, J. E„ 1886

Lindley, T„ 1886-87-88-

9 1
Lodge, L. V., 1896
Macrae, S., 1883-84
Middleditch, B., 1897
Oakley, W. J., 1896-97-

98, 1900-01
Paravicini, P. J. de, 1883
Pawson, F. W. f 1883-85
Pelly, F. R., 1893
Pike, T. M., 1886
Raikes, G. B., 1896
Rawlinson, J. F. P., 1882
Sandilands, R. R., 1893
Smith, G. O., 1893-96-97-

98-99, 1900
Spilsbury, B. W., 1885-86
Squire, R. T., 1886
Swepstone, H. A., 1883
Topham, R„ 1893
Walters, A. M., 1885
Walters, P. M., 1885-86-

88
Winckworth, W. N„ 1893
Wreford-Brown, C, 1889

Brook, A. K.
Cotterill, G. H.
Fry, C. B.
Gay, L. H.

v. Canada, 1891

Henfrey, A. G.
Pelly, F. R.
Stanbrough, M. H.
Topham, A. G.

254 CORINTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

In addition the following played for
Wales

Challen, J. B.
Darvell, S.
Davies, A. O.
Evelyn, E. C.
Humphrey- Jones

Mills-Roberts, R. H.
Morgan-Owen, H.
Morgan-Owen, M.
Pryce- Jones, A. W.
Pryce-Jones, W. E.

Allan, D. S.
Arnott, W.
Campbell, C.
Kinnaird, Lord

Scotland

Lambie, J. A.
Sellars, W.
Smith, J.
Watson, A.

Goodbody, M. F.

Ireland

Nolan- Whelan, J. V.

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